CVE-2026-34980

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.

• CWE-20

• https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-4852-v58g-6cwfExploit, Vendor Advisory

Published

Apr 3, 2026

Last Modified

Jul 24, 2026

Status

Analyzed

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