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CVE-2025-58060VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update

Affects Red Hat cupsSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-58060· High 8.0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.0 High : upgrade Red Hat cups to 9.5 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.0High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 62% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 9.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Sep 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 Red Hat cups to 9.5.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red HatAffected
  • >=9.4 <9.5
Fixed in
  • 9.5

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated CUPS packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the official security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:16592 to remediate the issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) were addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. These include an authentication bypass in CUPS authorization handling and a null pointer dereference in the ipp_read_io() function leading to a potential denial-of-service condition. The update fixes these critical issues and improves system security and availability.

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