Bug 2502925 (CVE-2026-55238) - CVE-2026-55238 xrdp: improper input validation in capability negotiation leads to denial of service
Summary: CVE-2026-55238 xrdp: improper input validation in capability negotiation lead...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-55238
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2502982 2502983
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Reported: 2026-07-20 18:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-20 19:48 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-20 18:02:47 UTC
xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions 0.10.6 and prior contain a vulnerability concerning the processing of RDP Confirm Active PDU, where during the capability negotiation phase, the parser did not perform sufficient length validation for specific capability sets. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted RDP packet containing malformed capability data. Due to missing bounds checks, the xrdp process may perform out-of-bounds memory reads, which can result in the termination of the service (Denial of Service). However, since xrdp forks a new process for each connection by default, an out-of-bounds read causing a process crash is unlikely to bring down the entire xrdp service. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.


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