Red Hat Security Advisory: cups security update
Affects Red Hat cupsSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 13:35 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 2 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 8 to address CVE-2024-35235. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:4265. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided patch.
Description
A security update has been issued for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) to address a vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-35235. This flaw involves an arbitrary chmod operation with permissions 0140777 in the cups daemon's listen functionality. The issue has been rated as having moderate security impact by Red Hat. The update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and its extended life cycle versions across multiple architectures.