Gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated rdp sockets lack a handshake deadline
cve-program · CVE-2026-96541
PublishedA denial-of-service flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop. An unauthenticated remote attacker can open RDP connections without completing the handshake and retain the connection-throttling slots indefinitely because no pre-authentication handshake deadline is enforced. By exhausting the global connection limit, an attacker can prevent new RDP clients from connecting until a holding socket is closed.
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CVE-2026-96541 · CVE overview and exploitation status
cve-program · CVE-2026-96541
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98622
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99125
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99136
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96541
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539385
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/356
Related changes
Linked by CVE identifier- Gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated rdp sockets lack a handshake deadline · Affected-version evidence changed · 12 Nov 2026
- Gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated rdp sockets lack a handshake deadline · Affected-version evidence changed · 12 Nov 2026
- Gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated rdp sockets lack a handshake deadline · Affected-version evidence changed · 11 Nov 2026
- Gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated rdp sockets lack a handshake deadline · Affected-version evidence changed · 6 Nov 2026