# CVE-2024-47076: libcupsfilters's cfGetPrinterAttributes5 does not validate IPP attributes returned from an IPP server

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-09-26 · Updated: 2025-11-03

## Affected

- OpenPrinting libcupsfilters: through 2.1b1

## Description

CUPS is a standards-based, open-source printing system, and `libcupsfilters` contains the code of the filters of the former `cups-filters` package as library functions to be used for the data format conversion tasks needed in Printer Applications. The `cfGetPrinterAttributes5` function in `libcupsfilters` does not sanitize IPP attributes returned from an IPP server. When these IPP attributes are used, for instance, to generate a PPD file, this can lead to attacker controlled data to be provided to the rest of the CUPS system.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenPrinting libcupsfilters, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libcupsfilters/security/advisories/GHSA-w63j-6g73-wmg5
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-browsed/security/advisories/GHSA-rj88-6mr5-rcw8
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/security/advisories/GHSA-p9rh-jxmq-gq47
- https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/security/advisories/GHSA-7xfx-47qg-grp6
- https://www.cups.org
- https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/misc/cups_ipp_remote_code_execution.rb
- https://github.com/mutkus/CVE-2024-47076

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