#1148894 gnome-remote-desktop: CVE-2026-96541

Package:
src:gnome-remote-desktop
Source:
src:gnome-remote-desktop
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-09-24 18:35:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1148894#5
Date:
2026-09-24 18:34:01 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for gnome-remote-desktop.

CVE-2026-96541[0]:
| 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-96541
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96541
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/356
[2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/commit/959cd39ae528a6751d94b0dcff173a470a5bc7ef

Regards,
Salvatore