CVE-2026-39316
OpenPrinting CUPS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the CUPS scheduler (cupsd) when temporary printers are automatically deleted. cupsdDeleteTemporaryPrinters() in scheduler/printers.c calls cupsdDeletePrinter() without first expiring subscriptions that reference the printer, leaving cupsd_subscription_t.dest as a dangling pointer to freed heap memory. The dangling pointer is subsequently dereferenced at multiple code sites, causing a crash (denial of service) of the cupsd daemon. With heap grooming, this can be leveraged for code execution.


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Related OpenPrinting CUPS vulnerabilities:

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CISA KEV exploit

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CVE-2026-34980MEDIUM6.1
  • OpenPrinting CUPSOpenPrinting CUPS
  • cups-devel
NoYesApr 03, 2026
CVE-2026-34979MEDIUM5.3
  • OpenPrinting CUPSOpenPrinting CUPS
  • cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups
NoYesApr 03, 2026
CVE-2026-34990MEDIUM5
  • OpenPrinting CUPSOpenPrinting CUPS
  • cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups
NoNoApr 03, 2026
CVE-2026-39316MEDIUM4
  • OpenPrinting CUPSOpenPrinting CUPS
  • cups-printerapp
NoNoApr 07, 2026
CVE-2026-39314MEDIUM4
  • OpenPrinting CUPSOpenPrinting CUPS
  • cups-devel
NoNoApr 07, 2026

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