Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update
Affects Red Hat cupsSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 13:33 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 23 Jul 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 an official security update for CUPS in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:4776 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2024-35235) was identified in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. The issue involves the cups daemon (cupsd) improperly handling permissions, specifically allowing arbitrary chmod 0140777 operations. Red Hat has released an update to address this vulnerability, which is rated as having moderate security impact.