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ALPINE-CVE-2026-34980

ALPINE-CVE-2026-34980 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, in a network-exposed cupsd with a shared target queue, an unauthorized client can send a Print-Job to that shared PostScript queue without authentication. The server accepts a page-border value supplied as textWithoutLanguage, preserves an embedded newline through option escaping and reparse, and then reparses the resulting second-line PPD: text as a trusted scheduler control record. A follow-up raw print job can therefore make the server execute an attacker-chosen existing binary such as /usr/bin/vim as lp. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.23cups1.6.3-r0, 2.4.9-r0, 2.4.8-r0
Alpine:v3.21cups2.4.9-r0, 0, 1.4.1-r0
Alpine:v3.20cups2.4.16-r0, 0, 1.4.1-r0
Alpine:v3.22cups0, 2.4.9-r0, 2.4.8-r0

Timeline

  • Apr 3, 2026 CVE Published
  • Apr 29, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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