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
CVSS v3 Base Score
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 |