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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-61702 EUVD-2026-102208

OpenPrinting CUPS: root-side banner file disclosure

Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to 2.4.20, copy_banner() in scheduler/ipp.c uses the attacker-controlled IPP attributes-natural-language value as a directory component beneath DataDir/banners when processing a job-sheets banner. The job-sheets value must first match a registered banner basename, and the traversed path must contain a matching reachable basename; selecting an arbitrary target as demonstrated additionally requires pre-positioned path state such as a symlink with that basename. Subject to the scheduler's filesystem and sandbox access, path separators in the language value can escape the intended banner directory, make the root scheduler open the reachable file, and copy its bytes into a job-sheet spool object that a configured backend can deliver to an attacker-observable endpoint. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.20.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenPrinting cups < 2.4.20 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 cups 2.4.20-1 —
Debian 13 cups No fix yet —
Debian 12 cups No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 cups No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cups No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cups No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cups No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS cups No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS cups No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS cups No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 cups +7 2.4.19-4.6.hum1 RHSA-2026:84421
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed cups 2.4.20-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12192-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 cups +7 1:2.4.20-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3415

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 cups No fix yet —

Advisories 4

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