CVE-2022-26691

Publication date 26 May 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
cups	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu5
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.4.1op1-1ubuntu4.1
	21.10 impish	Fixed 2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2.1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.3.1-9ubuntu1.2
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.9
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.11+esm1

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
cups	Upstream: de4f8c1 Upstream: 411b613

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.7 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	High
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H