Description
OpenPrinting CUPS before 2.4.20 contains a NULL pointer dereference in cupsdCheckJobs() when a job marked job-held-on-create refers to a temporary printer that has been automatically deleted. Temporary-printer cleanup can remove the destination without canceling its held jobs, and the scheduler dereferences the NULL result of cupsdFindDest() while checking holding_new_jobs. This terminates cupsd and interrupts all queues managed by that process. In some plausible scenarios, an unprivileged submission can trigger this.
Published: 2026-10-09
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Fri, 09 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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Title NULL Pointer Dereference in CUPS Job Scheduler Leads to Service Crash

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:30:00 +0000

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Description OpenPrinting CUPS before 2.4.20 contains a NULL pointer dereference in cupsdCheckJobs() when a job marked job-held-on-create refers to a temporary printer that has been automatically deleted. Temporary-printer cleanup can remove the destination without canceling its held jobs, and the scheduler dereferences the NULL result of cupsdFindDest() while checking holding_new_jobs. This terminates cupsd and interrupts all queues managed by that process. In some plausible scenarios, an unprivileged submission can trigger this.
First Time appeared Openprinting
Openprinting cups
Weaknesses CWE-476
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openprinting
Openprinting cups
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Openprinting Cups
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-09T04:06:55.424Z

Reserved: 2026-10-09T04:06:54.629Z

Link: CVE-2026-107888

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-09T05:16:44.407

Modified: 2026-10-09T05:16:44.407

Link: CVE-2026-107888

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Updated: 2026-10-09T06:30:17Z

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