Medium 6.7Published Nov 29, 2025

CVE-2025-61915OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:30 UTC)

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OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to version 2.4.15, a user in the lpadmin group can use the cups web ui to change the config and insert a malicious line. Then the cupsd process which runs as root will parse the new config and cause an out-of-bound write. This issue has been patched in version 2.4.15.

CVSS: 6.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-124, CWE-129
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

openprinting cups openprinting:cups	before 2.4.15	NVD

References

https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/db8d560262c22a21ee1e55dfd62fa98d9359bcb0patch
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.15release-notes
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-hxm8-vfpq-jrfcexploit, vendor-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/27/5mailing-list, third-party-advisory

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