RHSA-2026:98510HighCVSS 7.5

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

Published
November 11, 2026
Last Modified
November 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-109832 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-109832 — gnome-remote-desktop: Busy-Wait DoS in VNC TLS I/O Handlers (GNUTLS_E_AGAIN / GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED)

🎯 Affected products14

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:40.0-13.el9_9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:40.0-13.el9_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:40.0-13.el9_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:40.0-13.el9_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-0:40.0-13.el9_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:40.0-13.el9_9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:40.0-13.el9_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:40.0-13.el9_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-0:40.0-13.el9_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:40.0-13.el9_9.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:40.0-13.el9_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:40.0-13.el9_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-0:40.0-13.el9_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)

✅ 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 VNC is not required, disable the gnome-remote-desktop VNC service. If it must remain enabled, restrict the VNC listener to trusted hosts or management networks using host-based firewall rules.

🔗 References (4)