USN-8405-1: CUPS vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 June 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in CUPS.


Packages

  • cups - Common UNIX Printing System(tm)

Details

Ariel Silver discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled username comparisons
during authorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue
to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations. (CVE-2026-27447)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
notify-recipient-uri values in the RSS notifier. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to overwrite lp-writable files and cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2026-34978)

Jacob Newman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled filter option strings
when processing job attributes. An attacker could use this issue to cause
CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34979)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
page-border values in shared...

Ariel Silver discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled username comparisons
during authorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue
to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations. (CVE-2026-27447)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
notify-recipient-uri values in the RSS notifier. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to overwrite lp-writable files and cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2026-34978)

Jacob Newman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled filter option strings
when processing job attributes. An attacker could use this issue to cause
CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34979)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
page-border values in shared PostScript queues. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34980)

Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled
localhost authentication to attacker-controlled IPP services. A local
attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files
and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34990)

Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled negative
job-password-supported values. A local attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-39314)

Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled temporary printer
deletion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2026-39316)

Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed
SNMP responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2026-41079)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute cups –  2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2
cups-daemon –  2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2
25.10 questing cups –  2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9
cups-daemon –  2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9
24.04 LTS noble cups –  2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13
cups-daemon –  2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13
22.04 LTS jammy cups –  2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20
cups-daemon –  2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20

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