CVE-2026-107655
mediumA flaw was found in CUPS.
A flaw was found in CUPS. When processing embedded job ticket comments within documents, the service improperly handles specific IPP attributes, causing an unhandled null pointer dereference. An unauthenticated attacker permitted to submit jobs to a shared printer queue can send a crafted Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) request to crash the print daemon, resulting in a temporary Denial of Service (DoS) for all printing services.
CVSS
4.0
4.0 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-09 09:17
Modified: 2026-10-12 21:17
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80679 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107655 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2548399 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/12237ad secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/25d6830 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-58wv-9ffm-5w78 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-58wv-9ffm-5w78 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:58 UTC · record ↗