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CVE-2026-44978· NVD / CVE Program· CNA GitHub_M

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

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.53% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: neutrinolabs xrdp 0.10.6.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to neutrinolabs xrdp 0.10.6.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 20, 2026
Updated
Jul 22, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 44th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
5.3
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VendorProduct
neutrinolabsxrdp

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • neutrinolabs xrdpbefore 0.10.6.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • neutrinolabs xrdp

    • < 0.10.6.1affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12xrdpbefore 0.9.21.1-1+deb12u30.9.21.1-1+deb12u3
Debian:13xrdpbefore 0.10.1-3.1+deb13u20.10.1-3.1+deb13u2
Debian:14xrdpbefore 0.10.6.1-20.10.6.1-2
openSUSE:Tumbleweedxrdpbefore 0.10.6.1-1.10.10.6.1-1.1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-68670xrdp improperly checks bounds of domain string length, which leads to Stack-based Buffer Overflow
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-39917xrdp allows an ininite number of login attempts
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-42218Jul 20, 2026 · XRDP is vulnerable to a server timing attack, leading to user enumeration
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-44178Jul 20, 2026 · xrdp: Channel Data Forwarding Fixed-Size Buffer Overflow
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-54538Jul 20, 2026 · xrdp: Pre-auth infinite loop via totalLength=0 in TS_SHARECONTROLHEADER
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
neutrinolabs xrdp0.10.6.1 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
debian:xrdp0.9.21.1-1+deb12u3 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:xrdp0.10.6.1-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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