CVE-2026-96541
HIGHCVSS 7.5Description
A 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.
Timeline
Published:September 23rd, 2026 7:19 PM
Last modified:November 6th, 2026 3:16 AM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.5 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute