CVE-2026-41079 (GCVE-0-2026-41079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 16:54 – Updated: 2026-04-25 01:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OpenPrinting CUPS: Heap out-of-bounds read in SNMP supply-level polling leaks stack memory to authenticated users
Summary
OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to 2.4.17, a network-adjacent attacker can send a crafted SNMP response to the CUPS SNMP backend that causes an out-of-bounds read of up to 176 bytes past a stack buffer. The leaked memory is converted from UTF-16 to UTF-8 and stored as printer supply description strings, which are subsequently visible to authenticated users via IPP Get-Printer-Attributes responses and the CUPS web interface. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.4.17.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/b7c25… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/d7fe0… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenPrinting | cups |
Affected:
< 2.4.17
|
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