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CVE-2026-33145

xrdp: Authenticated RCE via unsanitized AlternateShell execution in xrdp-sesman

6.3 MediumFix available

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.36%Up 0.3 points since Apr 18, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.3

xrdp: Authenticated RCE via unsanitized AlternateShell execution in xrdp-sesman

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Record
CVE-2026-33145
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-23510 6.3

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Record
EUVD-2026-23510
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 6.3

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Record
CVE-2026-33145
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2026-33145 6.3

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2026-33145
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-03
OSV 6.3

xrdp: Authenticated RCE via unsanitized AlternateShell execution in xrdp-sesman

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Record
CVE-2026-33145
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-33145 6.3

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33145
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-33145 6.3

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33145
CVSS 3.1
6.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10816-1 No score

libpainter0-0.9.27-2.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libpainter0-0.9.27-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10816-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xrdp
Alpine:v3.23
before 0.10.6-r0
0.10.6-r0
xrdp
Alpine:v3.24
before 0.10.6-r0
0.10.6-r0
xrdp
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
0.10.0-10.10.0-20.10.0~beta1-10.10.0~beta1-20.10.0~beta2-1
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0.10.1-10.10.1-20.10.1-30.10.1-3.10.10.1-40.10.1-4.10.10.2-10.10.2-20.10.4.1-10.10.4.1-20.10.5-10.10.5-20.10.5-30.10.5-40.10.5-50.10.6-10.10.6-20.10.6-30.10.6-40.10.6-50.10.6.1-10.10.6.1-20.10.6.1-2~bpo13+10.10.6.1-30.9.21.1-10.9.21.1-1+deb12u10.9.21.1-1+deb12u20.9.21.1-1+deb12u30.9.24-10.9.24-20.9.24-30.9.24-40.9.24-50.9.24-5~bpo12+1
None known
xrdp
Debian:13
before 0.10.1-3.1+deb13u2, plus listed versions
0.10.1-3.10.10.1-3.1+deb13u1
0.10.1-3.1+deb13u2
xrdp
Debian:14
before 0.10.6-1, plus listed versions
0.10.1-3.10.10.1-40.10.1-4.10.10.2-10.10.2-2
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0.10.4.1-10.10.4.1-20.10.5-10.10.5-20.10.5-30.10.5-40.10.5-5
0.10.6-1
xrdp
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.6.0-10.6.0-1ubuntu0.10.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm10.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm20.6.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
None known
xrdp
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.6.1-20.6.1-2ubuntu0.10.6.1-2ubuntu0.30.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm10.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm20.6.1-2ubuntu0.3+esm3
None known
xrdp
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.1-90.9.4-10.9.4-20.9.4-30.9.4-4
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0.9.4-50.9.5-10.9.5-1build10.9.5-20.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm10.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm20.9.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm3
None known
xrdp
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.9-10.9.12-10.9.12-1ubuntu0.10.9.12-1ubuntu0.1+esm10.9.12-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
None known
xrdp
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.15-1ubuntu10.9.17-10.9.17-20.9.17-2ubuntu10.9.17-2ubuntu2
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0.9.17-2ubuntu2+esm10.9.17-2ubuntu30.9.17-2ubuntu3+esm10.9.17-2ubuntu3+esm20.9.17-2ubuntu3.1
None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xrdp
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.9.21.1-10.9.24-20.9.24-30.9.24-3build10.9.24-3build20.9.24-40.9.24-4ubuntu0.1~esm10.9.24-4ubuntu0.1
None known
xrdp
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
0.10.1-30.10.1-3.10.10.1-3.1+deb13u1build0.25.10.1
None known
xrdp
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
0.10.1-4.10.10.6.1-2ubuntu1
None known
xrdp
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.10.1-3.10.10.1-40.10.1-4.10.10.1-4.1ubuntu0.1
None known
xrdp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0.9.27-2.1
0.9.27-2.1

History

History
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affected, facts
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-33145 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, published April 17, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. Fixed in xrdp 0.10.6-r0.

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