# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-6892"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-29T00:00:37.110Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-29T16:51:57.049Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-6892"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-6892.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6892"
title: null
summary: "Improper handling of symbolic links in the installer of CUPS Printer Driver for macOS(*) may allow a local attacker with login privileges to exploit a specially crafted symbolic link during installation to modify permissions of directories for which they would not normally have authorization. \n\n*:Canon PIXUS iX6800 Series CUPS Printer Driver for macOS Version 16.91.0.0 or earlier (Japan)\n\nCanon PIXMA MG2500 Series and iX6800 Series CUPS Printer Driver for macOS Version 16.91.0.0 or earlier (US and Europe)"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"16.91.0.0 or earlier","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Canon Inc.","product":"Canon PIXUS iX6800 Series CUPS Printer Driver for macOS","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"16.91.0.0 or earlier","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Canon Inc.","product":"PIXMA MG2500 Series CUPS Printer Driver for macOS","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"16.91.0.0 or earlier","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Canon Inc.","product":"PIXMA iX6800 Series CUPS Printer Driver for macOS","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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