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CVE-2026-41079 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/b7c2525a885f528d243c3a92197ca99609b3f080 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/d7fe0f521ff3b24676511e747b058362b9a20737 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-6wpw-g8g6-wvrv GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-41079
NVD Published Date:
04/24/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/24/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.