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ubuntu-cve-2026-44978

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-07-20 17:17

Modified

2026-07-29 07:57

Summary

Details

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions 0.10.6 and prior contain a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability within the FIPS-specific receive paths. This vulnerability does not affect the default configuration of xrdp. The vulnerability is only exploitable when the security layer is set to security_layer=negotiate or security_layer=rdp, and the crypto level is changed to crypt_level=fips in xrdp.ini. In this specific non-default mode, the server fails to validate the FIPS padding length field, leading to a pointer underflow and a subsequent negative length calculation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a crafted FIPS-protected PDU, causing a heap out-of-bounds read that results in a process crash and denial of service (DoS). 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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44978	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44978	REPORT
	https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/security/adv…	REPORT

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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44978",
  "modified": "2026-07-29T07:57:02Z",
  "published": "2026-07-20T17:17:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44978"
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44978"
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      "type": "REPORT",
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-44978"
  ]
}

CVE-2026-44978 (GCVE-0-2026-44978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-20 16:56 – Updated: 2026-07-21 16:04

Title

xrdp: Unchecked FIPS padding length in standard RDP Security causes heap out-of-bounds read in HMAC verification

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-21 16:03 UTC

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds Read

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
neutrinolabs	xrdp	Affected: < 0.10.6.1

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                  }
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                "timestamp": "2026-07-21T16:03:54.447257Z",
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