Description
An argument injection flaw was found in CUPS. When email notification is configured, the CUPS scheduler accepts printer subscription requests that supply a mailto notify-recipient-uri. The mailto notifier passes the recipient address to the configured sendmail program without ensuring it cannot be interpreted as command-line options. A remote attacker who can reach the CUPS service could supply a crafted recipient value starting with "-" to influence sendmail behavior. Successful exploitation depends on the installed mail transfer agent and CUPS network exposure, and may lead to execution of attacker-controlled commands with the privileges of the CUPS service user.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
Default version status: affected
2.4.19-4.3.hum1 to < *unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: affected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:77638 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-105326 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2545835 ↗
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/1244ed9 ↗
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/611d1bd ↗
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-r4wf-366f-f6g3 ↗