CVE-2025-58060VulnerabilityPublished 1 Oct 2025Updated 12 Oct 2026

Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update

Affects Red Hat cupsSource GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2025-58060· High 8.0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.0 High : upgrade Red Hat cups to 8.2.33 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 8.2.33

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Sep 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Red Hat cups to 8.2.33.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red Hat	Affected >=8.2 <8.2.33 Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) x86_64	Fixed in 8.2.33

AI-suggested

A security update addressing CVE-2025-58060 is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Users should apply this update promptly after ensuring all previously released errata relevant to their system have been applied. Detailed instructions for applying the update are provided by Red Hat in their advisory. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.

Description

The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) provides a portable printing layer for Linux, UNIX, and similar operating systems. Security Fix(es): * cups: Authentication Bypass in CUPS Authorization Handling (CVE-2025-58060) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms in CUPS authorization handling, which could lead to unauthorized access or actions within the printing system on affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 systems. The security impact is rated as important (high) by Red Hat Product Security. There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.

Summary

CVE-2025-58060 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authorization handling of the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. This flaw allows bypassing authentication checks within CUPS, potentially permitting unauthorized actions related to printing services. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory (RHSA-2025:15702) addressing this issue with updated packages for multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. The advisory confirms the availability of a security update to remediate the vulnerability.

CWE-287Improper Authentication (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighOWASP Top 10 A07:2025: Authentication Failures (opens in a new tab)
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
MITRE discourages mapping vulnerabilities to this broad entry; the root cause is usually a more specific weakness.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
OWASP Authentication (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V2.8.5 (opens in a new tab)
V2.8.4 (opens in a new tab)
V9.2.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Fake the Source of Data (opens in a new tab)
Utilizing REST's Trust in the System Resource to Obtain Sensitive Data (opens in a new tab)
Session Hijacking (opens in a new tab)
Token Impersonation (opens in a new tab)
Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 7 Jul 2026, 13:26 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-287

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