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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-96541

A denial-of-service flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop.

Published Sep 23, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · A denial-of-service flaw was

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96541. EPSS is 0.79%. Act only if a listed version of A denial-of-service flaw was is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (A denial-of-service flaw was).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.79%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
See sources for product scope

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.

No affected version ranges are stored yet. Use the vendor advisory before you decide this record does not apply.

How to fix CVE-2026-96541

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96541. EPSS is 0.79%. Act only if a listed version of A denial-of-service flaw was is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. EPSS 0.79%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 clos

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 clos

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96541

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96541

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96541

    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 exhaus

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.