Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Exposed to Unauthenticated Network Attackers
Last refreshed2026-10-15
Status: UPDATED
| Advisory ID: CVE-2026-96541
Key Details
CVE
CVE-2026-96541
CVSS Score / Version
7.5 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated
2026-10-14
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Prose
attack vector is network; attack complexity is low; privileges required is none; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is none; integrity impact is none; availability impact is high.
Affected products
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classified as
CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)
Exploitation prediction (EPSS)
0.79% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (55% percentile) -- FIRST.org's EPSS model.
Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors
Vendor
Product
Affected Versions
Patch Status
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Subsystems
OT Supporting Infrastructure
Sectors
Multiple
What to Know
A denial-of-service flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop. An unauthenticated remote attacker can open RDP connections without completing the handshake and retain the connection-throttling slots indefinitely because no pre-authentication handshake deadline is enforced. By exhausting the global connection limit, an attacker can prevent new RDP clients from connecting until a holding socket is closed. (NVD)
What to Do
Monitor Red Hat's web page for any future patch releases.