{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-03T21:11:59Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "cups: OpenPrinting CUPS: Authorization bypass via case-insensitive username comparison",
    "id" : "2454949",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2454949"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "6.4",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-178",
  "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.", "A flaw was found in OpenPrinting CUPS. This authorization bypass vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to gain unauthorized access to restricted operations. This can be exploited by using a username that differs only in case from an authorized user during authorization checks." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-17T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:8814",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1",
    "package" : "cups-main-2.4.17-1.hum1"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "cups",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "cups",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "cups",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "cups",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "cups",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "rhcos",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27447\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27447\nhttps://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/88516bf6d9e34cef7a64a704b856b837f70cd220\nhttps://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/security/advisories/GHSA-v987-m8hp-phj9" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-27447",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}