Ubuntu USN · USN-8405-1

CUPS vulnerabilities

Published: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:51

CVE-2026-41079CVE-2026-39314CVE-2026-39316CVE-2026-27447CVE-2026-34979CVE-2026-34978CVE-2026-34980CVE-2026-34990

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in CUPS.

Details

Ariel Silver discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled username comparisons during authorization checks. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations. (CVE-2026-27447) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled notify-recipient-uri values in the RSS notifier. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite lp-writable files and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-34978) Jacob Newman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled filter option strings when processing job attributes. An attacker could use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34979) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled page-border values in shared PostScript queues. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34980) Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled localhost authentication to attacker-controlled IPP services. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-34990) Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled negative job-password-supported values. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-39314) Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled temporary printer deletion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause CUPS to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-39316) Tomer Fichman discovered that CUPS incorrectly handled certain malformed SNMP responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2026-41079)

Recommended actions per Ubuntu release

StackPatch playbook auto-generated per release codename and per affected package.

Ubuntu jammy

cups→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-bsd→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-bsd
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-client→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-client
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-common→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-core-drivers→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-core-drivers
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-daemon→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-daemon
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ipp-utils→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ipp-utils
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ppdc→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ppdc
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-server-common→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-server-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2-dev→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2-dev→2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.20 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu noble

cups→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-bsd→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-bsd
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-client→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-client
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-common→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-core-drivers→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-core-drivers
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-daemon→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-daemon
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ipp-utils→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ipp-utils
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ppdc→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ppdc
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-server-common→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-server-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2-dev→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2t64→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2t64
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2-dev→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2t64→2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.13 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2t64
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu questing

cups→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-bsd→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-bsd
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-client→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-client
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-common→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-core-drivers→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-core-drivers
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-daemon→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-daemon
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ipp-utils→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ipp-utils
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ppdc→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ppdc
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-server-common→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-server-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2-dev→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2t64→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2t64
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2-dev→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2t64→2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.12-0ubuntu3.9 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2t64
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

Ubuntu resolute

cups→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-bsd→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-bsd
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-client→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-client
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-common→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-core-drivers→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-core-drivers
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-daemon→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-daemon
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ipp-utils→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ipp-utils
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-ppdc→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-ppdc
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
cups-server-common→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y cups-server-common
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2-dev→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcups2t64→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcups2t64
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2-dev→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2-dev
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.
libcupsimage2t64→2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2apt_upgrade
Standard apt upgrade. Install 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.2 from the apt repo.
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libcupsimage2t64
```
Most apt upgrades restart their service automatically. needrestart lists anything else.

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