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.

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Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Openprinting
Openprinting cups
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openprinting
Openprinting cups

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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


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Description 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.
Title OpenPrinting CUPS: Heap out-of-bounds read in SNMP supply-level polling leaks stack memory to authenticated users
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-200
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-25T01:47:44.540Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T16:43:03.176Z

Link: CVE-2026-41079

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-25T01:47:40.466Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-24T17:16:21.340

Modified: 2026-04-27T13:40:54.787

Link: CVE-2026-41079

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-04-24T16:54:38Z

Links: CVE-2026-41079 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-29T01:45:26Z

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