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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.7

CVE-2022-26691 json

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management.

published 2022-05-26 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-31241

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Monterey 12.3, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. An application may be able to gain elevated privileges.

Patch / fix

  • Apple macOS 11.6, 12.3, 2022
  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-26691

  • cups Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.9
  • cups Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.2
  • cups Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.1
  • cups Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-26691

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cups RHEL 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
  • cups-lpd RHEL 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
  • cups-libs RHEL 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
  • cups-client RHEL 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
  • cups-ipptool RHEL 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
  • cups-filesystem RHEL 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
  • cups-printerapp RHEL 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
  • cups RHEL 8 1:2.2.6-45.el8_6.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:4990RHSA-2022:5055RHSA-2022:5054RHSA-2022:5056RHSA-2022:5057

  • cups SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +23 more 2.2.7-150000.3.32.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:1861-1

  • cups openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12122-1

  • cups Rocky Linux 8 1:2.2.6-45.el8_6.2
  • cups Rocky Linux 9 1:2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:5056RLSA-2022:4990

  • cups Alpine 3.13 2.3.3-r2
  • cups Alpine 3.14 2.3.3-r3
  • cups Alpine 3.15 2.3.3-r6
  • cups Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 2.4.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-26691

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cups CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.3.3op2-8

azure linux advisories AZL-37072

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-26691 updated cvss 6.7

cups: authorization bypass when using "local" authorization

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) cups 2.2.6-45.el8_6.2, cups-lpd 2.2.6-45.el8_6.2, cups-client 2.2.6-45.el8_6.2, cups-ipptool 2.2.6-45.el8_6.2, cups-filesystem 2.2.6-45.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5056
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) cups 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1, cups-lpd 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1, cups-client 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1, cups-ipptool 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1, cups-filesystem 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1, cups-printerapp 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:4990
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) cups 2.2.6-28.el8_1.1, cups-lpd 2.2.6-28.el8_1.1, cups-client 2.2.6-28.el8_1.1, cups-ipptool 2.2.6-28.el8_1.1, cups-filesystem 2.2.6-28.el8_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5054
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2) cups 2.2.6-33.el8_2.1, cups-lpd 2.2.6-33.el8_2.1, cups-client 2.2.6-33.el8_2.1, cups-ipptool 2.2.6-33.el8_2.1, cups-filesystem 2.2.6-33.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5055
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) cups 2.2.6-38.el8_4.1, cups-lpd 2.2.6-38.el8_4.1, cups-client 2.2.6-38.el8_4.1, cups-ipptool 2.2.6-38.el8_4.1, cups-filesystem 2.2.6-38.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5057
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) cups 2.2.6-45.el8_6.2, cups-libs 2.2.6-45.el8_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5056
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) cups 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1, cups-libs 2.3.3op2-13.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:4990
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) cups 2.2.6-28.el8_1.1, cups-libs 2.2.6-28.el8_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5054
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 8.2) cups 2.2.6-33.el8_2.1, cups-libs 2.2.6-33.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5055
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.4) cups 2.2.6-38.el8_4.1, cups-libs 2.2.6-38.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Red Hat has investigated whether possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible.” RHSA-2022:5057
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 cups, cups-lpd, cups-php, cups-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cups, cups-lpd, cups-libs, cups-client, cups-ipptool, cups-filesystem Red Hat Virtualization 4 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-24-046-11 updated cvss 6.7

Siemens SCALANCE XCM-/XRM-300

  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) <V2.4
    +5 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) <V2.4 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) <V2.4
    affected: fixed in V2.4 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Apple macOS

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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