CVE-2026-107885

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 9, 2026 at 03:54 AM UTC
Updated: October 20, 2026 at 08:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCUPS

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
PoC

Description

OpenPrinting CUPS through 2.4.20 contains a resource-exhaustion vulnerability in the submission-timeout handling of cupsdCheckJobs(). The scheduler suppresses timeout processing for all pending jobs whenever any client connection has an in-flight Send-Document operation, without matching that connection to the job being examined. A client allowed to reach the IPP service can hold an incomplete HTTP request containing parsed Send-Document headers before operation authorization, preventing unrelated incomplete jobs from expiring. Where Create-Job submission is allowed, incomplete jobs can accumulate until MaxJobs is exhausted and further legitimate print submissions are rejected. The suppression ends when the held connection closes.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.4.21

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (1)

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-770

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