Incorrect authorization in cups - CVE-2026-27447

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU124814

Incorrect authorization in cups - CVE-2026-27447

Published: April 2, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU124814
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27447
CWE-ID: CWE-863
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the CUPS daemon (cupsd) when performing authorization checks. A remote privileged user can exploit case-insensitive username comparison during group-member lookup to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations.

User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability.


Affected software

cups
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Micro
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Desktop Applications Module
openEuler
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
Fedora
cups-client-debuginfo
cups
cups-libs-debuginfo
cups-debuginfo
cups-devel
cups-libs
cups-libs-32bit
cups-client
cups-debugsource
cups-libs-debuginfo-32bit
libcupscgi1-debuginfo
libcupsppdc1
libcupsimage2
libcupscgi1
cups-config
libcups2-debuginfo
cups-ddk
libcupsmime1
libcups2
libcupsmime1-debuginfo
libcups2-32bit
libcupsppdc1-debuginfo
libcupsimage2-debuginfo
cups-ddk-debuginfo
libcups2-32bit-debuginfo
cups-help
cups-filesystem
cups-printerapp
cups-lpd
cups-ipptool
cups (Ubuntu package)
cups-doc

How to mitigate CVE-2026-27447

Install security update from vendor's website.

cups-client-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.7.5-20.67.1, 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups - addressed in versions 1.7.5-20.67.1, 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups-libs-debuginfo - update to 1.7.5-20.67.1
cups-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.7.5-20.67.1, 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups-devel - addressed in versions 1.7.5-20.67.1, 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups-libs - update to 1.7.5-20.67.1
cups-libs-32bit - update to 1.7.5-20.67.1
cups-client - addressed in versions 1.7.5-20.67.1, 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.7.5-20.67.1, 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1, 2.4.19-1.1
cups-libs-debuginfo-32bit - update to 1.7.5-20.67.1
libcupscgi1-debuginfo - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcupsppdc1 - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcupsimage2 - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcupscgi1 - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups-config - addressed in versions 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1, 2.4.19-1.1
libcups2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1, 2.4.19-1.1
cups-ddk - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcupsmime1 - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcups2 - addressed in versions 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1, 2.4.19-1.1
libcupsmime1-debuginfo - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcups2-32bit - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcupsppdc1-debuginfo - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcupsimage2-debuginfo - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups-ddk-debuginfo - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
libcups2-32bit-debuginfo - update to 2.2.7-150000.3.93.1
cups-client - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-help - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-filesystem - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-printerapp - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-lpd - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-libs - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-ipptool - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.0-19, 2.4.7-13, 2.4.7-14
cups (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20, 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.21, 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13, 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.14, 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9, 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.10, 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2, 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.3
cups-doc - update to 2.4.10-7
cups - update to 2.4.10-7
cups-client - update to 2.4.10-7
cups-devel - update to 2.4.10-7
cups-ipptool - update to 2.4.10-7
cups-filesystem - update to 2.4.10-7
cups-libs - update to 2.4.10-7
cups-printerapp - update to 2.4.10-7
cups-lpd - update to 2.4.10-7
cups - addressed in versions 2.4.17-1.fc42, 2.4.17-1.fc43, 2.4.17-1.fc44, 2.4.17-1.fc45

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