ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-27447
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447
Upstream
Published
2026-04-03T22:16:25.193Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:18:09.965840073Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.20 / cups

Package

Name
cups
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cups?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.18-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447.json"

Alpine:v3.21 / cups

Package

Name
cups
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cups?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.18-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447.json"

Alpine:v3.22 / cups

Package

Name
cups
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cups?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.18-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / cups

Package

Name
cups
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cups?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.18-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / cups

Package

Name
cups
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/cups?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.18-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-27447.json"