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CVE-2026-55453VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Cups: Prior to 2.4.20, the backend/ipp.c quote_string() function preserves carriage-return and line-feed characters in

Affects cupsSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-55453· Low 3.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.3 Low · fixed in 2.4.20 : update cups when convenient.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 22:28 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.3Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.4.20
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10cupspkg:deb/ubuntu/cups?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • =2.4.16-1ubuntu1
  • =2.4.16-1ubuntu3
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 26.04 LTScupspkg:deb/ubuntu/cups?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • 2.4.12-0ubuntu3 – 2.4.16-1ubuntu1.3
5 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 24.04 LTScupspkg:deb/ubuntu/cups?arch=source&distro=nobleOther threatsAffected
  • 2.4.6-0ubuntu3 – 2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.14
12 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 22.04 LTScupspkg:deb/ubuntu/cups?arch=source&distro=jammyOther threatsAffected
  • 2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2 – 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.21
19 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTScupspkg:deb/ubuntu/cups?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/focalOther threatsAffected
  • 2.2.12-2ubuntu1 – 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.9+esm4
21 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTScupspkg:deb/ubuntu/cups?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 2.2.4-7ubuntu2 – 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm10
27 affected builds
Fixed in–

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Description

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to 2.4.20, the backend/ipp.c quote_string() function preserves carriage-return and line-feed characters in a remote printer-controlled marker-message before report_attr() writes the value to the scheduler status stream. The scheduler can parse an injected newline as a separate PPD: control line and persist an attacker-selected PPD keyword. The reporter demonstrated that a later print job on a Foomatic-backed queue could consume an injected FoomaticRIPCommandLine value and execute in the filter context as lp. This issue is fixed in version 2.4.20.

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