RHSA-2026:54512MediumCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: gnome-remote-desktop security update

Published
August 13, 2026
Last Modified
August 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-18358 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-18358 — gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop system-mode RDP server missing connection throttling allows unauthenticated denial of service

🎯 Affected products14

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:49.3-4.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:49.3-4.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:49.3-4.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:49.3-4.el10_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:49.3-4.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:49.3-4.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:49.3-4.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:49.3-4.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:49.3-4.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:49.3-4.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:49.3-4.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:49.3-4.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:49.3-4.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: If system-mode RDP is not required, disable it. If it must remain enabled, restrict the RDP listener (default port 3389) to trusted hosts or management networks using host-based firewall rules.

🔗 References (4)