CVE-2004-2154

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-04-29. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
79.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 31, 2004

Last Modified

June 16, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 24, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Support

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html
redhat Patch Available

163274 – cups location case sensitivity - CAN-2004-2154

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274
redhat Patch Available

162405 – CAN-2004-2154 <Location ...> directive is case-sensitive in cupsd.conf but should not

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 product line. The current stable release is 3.9. For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and above, please

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntucupsys () @ warty2026-05-20ubuntu
redhatcups-1:1.1.17-13.3.292005-07-14redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(2)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2004-2154?
CVE-2004-2154 is a critical vulnerability published on December 31, 2004. CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.
When was CVE-2004-2154 disclosed?
CVE-2004-2154 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 31, 2004, with the most recent update on June 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2004-2154 actively exploited?
CVE-2004-2154 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 79.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2004-2154?
CVE-2004-2154 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2004-2154?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2004-2154, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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