{"id":"CVE-2026-96541","title":"A denial-of-service flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop","summary":"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-authenticatio…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-400"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"gnome-remote-desktop","affected":["gnome-remote-desktop (all versions)","gnome-remote-desktop (all versions)","gnome-remote-desktop (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T04:19:01.200","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96541","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96541","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539385","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/356","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/356","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96541.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96541"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96541"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","exploit-available","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00913,"epssPercentile":0.59861,"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-13T00:00:00+00:00"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T18:29:33.259Z","slug":"CVE-2026-96541","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-09-23 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-96541.json)","depth":"midnight","depthScore":53,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":209848,"id":"CVE-2026-96541","ts":1790191920920,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}