CVE-2026-27447

medium

Description

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, CUPS daemon (cupsd) contains an authorization bypass vulnerability due to case-insensitive username comparison during authorization checks. The vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations by using a user with a username that differs only in case from an authorized user. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

References

https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-v987-m8hp-phj9

https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/88516bf6d9e34cef7a64a704b856b837f70cd220

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-03

Updated: 2026-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00031