CVE-2026-96541 gnome-remote-desktop - Denial of Service

gnome-remote-desktop contains a denial-of-service caused by lack of pre-authentication handshake deadline enforcement in RDP connections, letting unauthenticated remote attackers exhaust connection slots, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.79% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
23 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-400

Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with the pre-authentication handshake deadline enforcement fix.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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