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RockyLinux 8 : cups (RLSA-2026:36733)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 325881

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:36733 advisory.

 * cups: OpenPrinting CUPS: Shared PostScript queue lets anonymous Print-Job requests reach `lp` code execution over the network (CVE-2026-34980)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454954

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:36733

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 325881

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-36733.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.46

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34980

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Threat Score: 5.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-lpd, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-ipptool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-ipptool, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cups-lpd-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34980