CVE-2026-87876
Cups: openprinting cups: remaining case-insensitive username matching in scheduler side paths (cve-2026-27447 follow-up)
At a glance
- Severity
- LOW 3.0
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.33 % · percentile 26 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
Two case-insensitive comparisons on request-derived usernames outside the main authorization path in CUPS's scheduler (printer ACL validation and private-attribute filtering) could allow bypass of username-based access controls in certain configurations.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | LOW 3.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-75089
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-87876
Affected products
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67568
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87876
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2530991
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/88e67c00c130a45f3a1edf36686f7a0b2982fef8
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/f56844dbe4a54a9f8e1aeb3b913fbee614156bdb
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-r8jp-q6fh-g5r2
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |