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TI-2018-03250 Aliases CVE-2018-4300GHSA-7w9x-rg6m-2fh9

Information disclosure in CUPS

Priority LOW 30CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01841 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 8 fixed, 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—CUPSVersions prior to: v2.2.10—No fix listedCNA
  • CUPS Vendor— Affected Versions prior to: v2.2.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.2.10VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.2.10 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2020:1050 Released 2020-03-31 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    cups security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) cups-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-client-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-filesystem-1:1.6.3-43.el7 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) cups-devel-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-ipptool-1:1.6.3-43.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) cups-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-client-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-filesystem-1:1.6.3-43.el7 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) cups-devel-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-ipptool-1:1.6.3-43.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) cups-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-client-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-devel-1:1.6.3-43.el7 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool-1:1.6.3-43.el7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) cups-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-client-1:1.6.3-43.el7, cups-devel-1:1.6.3-43.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) cups-ipptool-1:1.6.3-43.el7

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2020:1050
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-4300
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7w9x-rg6m-2fh9

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2008-03486 The Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) filter in CUPS before 1.3.9 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2008-00044 Multiple buffer overflows in the HP-GL/2-to-PostScript filter in CUPS before 1.3.6 might… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-02026 CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2010-02814 ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS 1.4.4 and earlier does not properly allocate memory for attribute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-00903 The ippReadIO function in cups/ipp.c in cupsd in CUPS before 1.3.10 does not properly… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-04935 The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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