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Echo: cups: security update to 2.4.16-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 463267

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-61915)

Solution

Update the cups library and its related packages to version 2.4.16-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-61915

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 463267

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61915