Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input Affecting OpenPrinting/cups package, versions [0, 2.4.17)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENPRINTINGCUPS-15924688
  • published7 Apr 2026
  • disclosed3 Apr 2026
  • creditAsim Viladi Oglu Manizada

Introduced: 3 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-34980  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade OpenPrinting/cups to version 2.4.17 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input via improper handling of the page-border value in the print job processing. An attacker can execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the 'lp' user by sending a specially crafted print job to a shared PostScript queue over the network without authentication.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1