CVE-2022-26691

Public on 2022-05-26
Modified on 2022-10-25
Description
An authorization vulnerability was found in the CUPS printing system. This security vulnerability occurs when local authorization happens. This flaw allows an attacker to authenticate to CUPS as root/admin without the 32-byte secret key and perform arbitrary code execution.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.1
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 cups 2023-02-17 ALAS2023-2023-073 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H