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 16 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 updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:4580. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2024-35235) in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) was addressed by Red Hat. The flaw involves an arbitrary chmod operation with mode 0140777 in the cups daemon's listen functionality. This security issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle Long Life versions. Red Hat has released an update to fix this vulnerability.