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CVE-2024-35235VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update

Affects Red Hat cupsSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 13:33 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Jul 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 and its variants that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the available security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2024:4715) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-35235) in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) allows arbitrary chmod 0140777 operations via the cups daemon's listen functionality. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 and related variants. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with a moderate severity rating and provided updated packages to address the flaw.

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