---
id: CVE-2026-95511
title: 'Rejected reason: Not a vulnerability'
summary: >-
  Rejected reason: Not a vulnerability. Creating a serial queue that overwrites
  cups-files.conf requires membership in SystemGroups (lpadmin), which is an
  opt-in cupsd admin role granted by a superuser. No privilege boundary is
  crossed.
severity: high
cvss: 8.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
vendor: Red Hat
product: cups-filters
affected:
  - cups-filters
  - cups-filters
  - cups-filters
  - cups-filters
  - cups (all versions)
published: '2026-09-22'
updated: '2026-09-22'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-22T15:17:25.797'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95511'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-95511'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2537749'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/cups/cups2root'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00117
epssPercentile: 0.01924
exploitAvailable: true
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-22T13:09:29.372308Z'
cvssSource: nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-09-22T09:01:05.605Z'
---

## Overview

Rejected reason: Not a vulnerability. Creating a serial queue that overwrites cups-files.conf requires membership in SystemGroups (lpadmin), which is an opt-in cupsd admin role granted by a superuser. No privilege boundary is crossed.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.