OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, a local unprivileged user can coerce cupsd into authenticating to an attacker-controlled localhost IPP service with a reusable Authorization: Local ... token. That token is enough to drive /admin/ requests on localhost, and the attacker can combine CUPS-Create-Local-Printer with printer-is-shared=true to persist a file:///... queue even though the normal FileDevice policy rejects such URIs. Printing to that queue gives an arbitrary root file overwrite; the PoC below uses that primitive to drop a sudoers fragment and demonstrate root command execution. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
History

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openprinting
Openprinting cups
Vendors & Products Openprinting
Openprinting cups

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-73
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, a local unprivileged user can coerce cupsd into authenticating to an attacker-controlled localhost IPP service with a reusable Authorization: Local ... token. That token is enough to drive /admin/ requests on localhost, and the attacker can combine CUPS-Create-Local-Printer with printer-is-shared=true to persist a file:///... queue even though the normal FileDevice policy rejects such URIs. Printing to that queue gives an arbitrary root file overwrite; the PoC below uses that primitive to drop a sudoers fragment and demonstrate root command execution. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.
Title OpenPrinting CUPS: Local print admin token disclosure using temporary printers
Weaknesses CWE-287
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-03T21:14:09.616Z

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:52:04.074Z

Reserved: 2026-03-31T19:38:31.618Z

Link: CVE-2026-34990

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-06T18:51:58.185Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-04-03T22:16:27.400

Modified: 2026-04-07T13:20:55.200

Link: CVE-2026-34990

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-03T21:14:09Z

Links: CVE-2026-34990 - Bugzilla