---
title: "CVE-2026-96541: gnome-remote-desktop - Denial of Service"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-96541/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96541)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96541](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96541)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96541](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96541)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2539385](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539385)
- [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/356](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/356)

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