CVE-2020-0609
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when...
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0610.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0610.
- Record
CVE-2020-0609- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0610.
- Record
CVE-2020-0609- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2104 No score
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0610.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2104- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-73x6-v3m8-f299 No score
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when...
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0610.
- Record
GHSA-73x6-v3m8-f299- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Remote Desktop Gateway - 'BlueGate' Denial of Service (PoC) | 2020-01-23 |
| Exploit-DB | Remote Desktop Gateway - 'BlueGate' Denial of Service (PoC) | 2020-01-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | Archi73ct/CVE-2020-0609 | 2020-01-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | Bhanunamikaze/BlueGate-CVE-2020-0609 | 2026-09-07 |
| PoC in GitHub | MalwareTech/RDGScanner | 2020-01-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | ioncodes/BlueGate | 2020-01-24 |
| PoC in GitHub | ly4k/BlueGate | 2020-01-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | ruppde/rdg_scanner_cve-2020-0609 | 2020-01-21 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-0609 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Microsoft Windows Server, published January 14, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.7%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.