CVE-2026-41079 PUBLISHED

OpenPrinting CUPS: Heap out-of-bounds read in SNMP supply-level polling leaks stack memory to authenticated users

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 16.04.2026 Published: 24.04.2026 Updated: 25.04.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor OpenPrinting
Product cups
Versions
  • Version < 2.4.17 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read CWE
  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE