CVE-2026-55453

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to 2.4.20, the backend/ipp.c quote_string() function preserves carriage-return and line-feed characters in a remote printer-controlled marker-message before report_attr() writes the value to the scheduler status stream. The scheduler can parse an injected newline as a separate PPD: control line and persist an attacker-selected PPD keyword. The reporter demonstrated that a later print job on a Foomatic-backed queue could consume an injected FoomaticRIPCommandLine value and execute in the filter context as lp. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.20.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

20 Oct 2026, 19:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Openprinting cups
Openprinting
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/806e1b483096c51d59432468f4afdd7387d81dd7 - () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/806e1b483096c51d59432468f4afdd7387d81dd7 - Patch
References () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/d41cf0616688721e9d435d54118c4c8a36ed596a - () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/d41cf0616688721e9d435d54118c4c8a36ed596a - Patch
References () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.20 - () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/releases/tag/v2.4.20 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-7hqf-mfhx-7r3v - () https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-7hqf-mfhx-7r3v - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

15 Oct 2026, 18:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-15 18:17

Updated : 2026-10-20 19:38


NVD link : CVE-2026-55453

Mitre link : CVE-2026-55453

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-55453


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Products Affected

openprinting

  • cups
CWE
CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')