CVE-2026-27447CWE-863

OpenPrinting CUPS: Authorization bypass via case-insensitive group-member lookup

Medium · published April 3, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, CUPS daemon (cupsd) contains an authorization bypass vulnerability due to case-insensitive username comparison during authorization checks. The vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations by using a user with a username that differs only in case from an authorized user. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00260 · 16.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-04-03T21:11Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 APR 21:11Z
    OpenPrinting CUPS: Authorization bypass via case-insensitive group-member lookup
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