What is CVE-2026-41079?

CVE-2026-41079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openprinting Cups, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-41079?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Openprinting Cups

CVE-2026-41079

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to 2.4.17, a network-adjacent attacker can send a crafted SNMP response to the CUPS SNMP backend that causes an out-of-bounds read o…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Openprinting Cups — versions < 2.4.17

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41079?: CVE-2026-41079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openprinting Cups, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-41079?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.