OpenPrinting CUPS through 2.4.20 contains a resource-exhaustion vulnerability in the submission-timeout handling of cupsdCheckJobs(). The scheduler suppresses timeout processing for all pending jobs whenever any client connection has an in-flight Send-Document operation, without matching that connection to the job being examined. A client allowed to reach the IPP service can hold an incomplete HTTP request containing parsed Send-Document headers before operation authorization, preventing unrelated incomplete jobs from expiring. Where Create-Job submission is allowed, incomplete jobs can accumulate until MaxJobs is exhausted and further legitimate print submissions are rejected. The suppression ends when the held connection closes.

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Title CUPS Scheduler Timeout Suppression Enables Resource Exhaustion

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:15:00 +0000

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Description OpenPrinting CUPS through 2.4.20 contains a resource-exhaustion vulnerability in the submission-timeout handling of cupsdCheckJobs(). The scheduler suppresses timeout processing for all pending jobs whenever any client connection has an in-flight Send-Document operation, without matching that connection to the job being examined. A client allowed to reach the IPP service can hold an incomplete HTTP request containing parsed Send-Document headers before operation authorization, preventing unrelated incomplete jobs from expiring. Where Create-Job submission is allowed, incomplete jobs can accumulate until MaxJobs is exhausted and further legitimate print submissions are rejected. The suppression ends when the held connection closes.
First Time appeared Openprinting
Openprinting cups
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openprinting:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openprinting
Openprinting cups
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-09T20:26:43.067Z

Reserved: 2026-10-09T03:54:15.382Z

Link: CVE-2026-107885

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-09T04:18:04.940

Modified: 2026-10-09T21:17:03.713

Link: CVE-2026-107885

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Updated: 2026-10-09T07:00:10Z

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