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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-4300

The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-4300

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Apr 2019, 18:29 UTC

The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.

osv:CVE-2018-4300
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-4300",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-4300",
    "summary": "The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-4300",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apple/cups",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "25b2338346ef3abbb93ea88476887cba7b2b86f8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
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                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.2.10"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v2.2.10"
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                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v2.2.6",
            "v2.2.5",
            "v2.2.4",
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            "v2.2.1",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-4300.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:32.587922984Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00028.html",
        "https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/tag/v2.2.10"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-4300",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381841,
  "published_at": "2019-04-03T18:29:06.017+00:00"
}