Skip to main content
CVE-2025-58436VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update

Affects Red Hat cupsSource GCVE Database

0

Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-58436· Medium 5.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.1 Medium : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/cups package to 10.2 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 10.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Nov 2025

  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

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/cups package to 10.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/cupspkg:rpm/redhat/cupsOther threatsAffected
  • =10
  • <10.2
Fixed in
  • 10.2

Check your own hosts for these packages with threat-finder (opens in a new tab), our free open-source scanner.

AI-suggested

A security update for CUPS is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants. Administrators should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0464 to remediate these vulnerabilities. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions.

Description

Two moderate severity vulnerabilities have been identified in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. These include a local denial-of-service via cupsd.conf update (CVE-2025-61915) and a potential denial-of-service caused by slow client communication (CVE-2025-58436). A security update addressing these issues is available from Red Hat.

References

Community reviews

Loading reviews…