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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 23 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 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.

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