{"id":76012,"date":"2025-09-20T04:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-01T20:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T02:15:20","slug":"cve-2025-58060-openprinting-cups-authentication-bypass-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58060-openprinting-cups-authentication-bypass-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-58060: OpenPrinting CUPS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OpenPrinting CUPS, an open-source printing system in use by Linux and Unix-like operating systems, has been identified with a significant vulnerability in versions 2.4.12 and earlier. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-58060, allows for potential authentication bypass when certain configurations are present. This vulnerability holds considerable weight due to the widespread usage of OpenPrinting CUPS in Unix-like systems, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84238\">leading to a potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-58060<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.0 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85540\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1063293323\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>OpenPrinting CUPS | 2.4.12 and earlier<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability in question arises when the `AuthType` in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25271-critical-vulnerability-due-to-insecure-defaults-for-configuration-interface\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92126\">OpenPrinting CUPS<\/a> configuration is set to anything other than `Basic`. If an HTTP request contains an `Authorization: Basic &#8230;` header, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43931-potential-system-compromise-via-flask-boilerplate-s-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91502\">password is not verified and the system<\/a> assumes valid authentication. This allows malicious actors to bypass normal authentication procedures, potentially gaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7051-unauthorized-access-and-manipulation-of-syslog-configuration-in-n-central\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84591\">unauthorized access<\/a> to the system or causing data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1945936066\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A conceptual example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30256-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac6-s-http-header-parsing-functionality\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86866\">vulnerability could be exploited may look like the following HTTP<\/a> request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/printers HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-system.example.com\nAuthorization: Basic aW52YWxpZDp1c2VybmFtZQ==<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `aW52YWxpZDp1c2VybmFtZQ==` is a Base64 encoded string representing `invalid:username`. Despite the username being invalid, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-58259-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-rancher-manager-due-to-unrestricted-payload-size\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85839\">due to the vulnerability<\/a>, the system does not verify the password and grants access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Prevention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The developer of OpenPrinting CUPS has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-35115-critical-system-package-download-vulnerability-in-agiloft-release-28\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85344\">released a patch in version 2.4.13 to address this vulnerability<\/a>. Users are urged to update to the latest version as soon as possible. In the interim, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could be used to detect and prevent exploitation of this vulnerability. However, these are temporary measures and should not replace a proper patching strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview OpenPrinting CUPS, an open-source printing system in use by Linux and Unix-like operating systems, has been identified with a significant vulnerability in versions 2.4.12 and earlier. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-58060, allows for potential authentication bypass when certain configurations are present. This vulnerability holds considerable weight due to the widespread usage of OpenPrinting CUPS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[88],"product":[],"attack_vector":[75],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-76012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-linux","attack_vector-authentication-bypass"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76012"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85336,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76012\/revisions\/85336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76012"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=76012"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=76012"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=76012"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=76012"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=76012"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=76012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}