Is CVE-2025-61915 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-61915 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-61915?

CVE-2025-61915 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0 (Moderate).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-61915?

CVE-2025-61915 has an EPSS score of 0.41% (33th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-61915?

Upgrade cups on debian unstable to 2.4.15-1 or later. Fixes are available for 33 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-61915

MEDIUM

6.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Prior to version 2.4.15, a user in the lpadmin group can use the cups web ui to change the config and insert a malicious line. Then the cupsd process which runs as root will parse the new config and cause an out-of-bound write. This issue has been patched in version 2.4.15.

CWE-124 CWE-129

How to fix

Remediation Available

cupsDebian

Fixed in:2.4.15-1CVE-2025-61915

cupsRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cupsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-clientRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-clientRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-client-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-client-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-develRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-filesystemRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-filesystemRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-ipptoolRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-ipptoolRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-ipptool-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-ipptool-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-libsRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-libsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-libs-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-libs-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-lpdRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-lpdRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-lpd-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-lpd-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.2.6-66.el8_10RHSA-2026:0596

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-printerappRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-printerappRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-printerapp-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cups-printerapp-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:1:2.4.10-12.el10_1.2RHSA-2026:0464

Fixed in:1:2.3.3op2-34.el9_7.2RHSA-2026:0312

cupsUbuntu

Fixed in:2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm11USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm9USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.3.1-9ubuntu1.9+esm3USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.15USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.7USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.4.12-0ubuntu3.3USN-7897-1

cups-daemonUbuntu

Fixed in:2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm11USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.2.7-1ubuntu2.10+esm9USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.3.1-9ubuntu1.9+esm3USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.15USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.7USN-7897-1

Fixed in:2.4.12-0ubuntu3.3USN-7897-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Exploit1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

openwall.com

Release Notes1

github.com

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