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CVE-2026-95511

CVE-2026-95511HIGH

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — Cups: cups-filters: cups-filters: lpadmin can escalate to root via privileged serial backend (cups2root)

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   H   N  C  H  H  H    8.2   .0012    1.9     —

AFFECTED
  Product                      Versions     Fixed
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10  unspecified  —
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7   unspecified  —
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8   unspecified  —
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9   unspecified  —
  Red Hat Hardened Images      unspecified  —

TIMELINE
  Sep 22  REJECTED — CVE-2026-95511 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10). Record withdrawn by the CNA.
  Sep 22  Reserved by redhat
  Sep 22  Published (CNA: redhat)

CWE-269 · CNA: redhat · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Rejected

Description

Not a vulnerability. Creating a serial queue that overwrites cups-files.conf requires membership in SystemGroups (lpadmin), which is an opt-in cupsd admin role granted by a superuser. No privilege boundary is crossed.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
September 22, 2026	REJECTED	REJECTED — CVE-2026-95511 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10). Record withdrawn by the CNA.
September 22, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by redhat
September 22, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: redhat)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 5 rows
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	—	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	—	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	—	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	—	—	—
Red Hat	Red Hat Hardened Images	—	—	—

Weaknesses

CWE-269

References (3)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-95511 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2537749 [issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT]
https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/cups/cups2root

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-95511 at cve.org

Vendors: red hat

Weaknesses: CWE-269

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