CVE-2026-42985
Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-42985- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-416
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-35756
Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2026-35756- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c52c-3v9x-965h
Heap-based buffer overflow in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
GHSA-c52c-3v9x-965h- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-42985- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft remote desktop client
- microsoft remote desktop client for windows desktop
- microsoft windows 10 version 1607
- microsoft windows 10 version 1809
- microsoft windows 10 version 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 version 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 version 26h1
- microsoft windows app client for windows desktop
- microsoft windows server 2012
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- microsoft windows server 2012 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2
- microsoft windows server 2012 r2 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2016
- microsoft windows server 2016 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2019
- microsoft windows server 2019 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server 2022
- microsoft windows server 2025
- microsoft windows server 2025 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10 1607
- microsoft windows 10 1809
- microsoft windows 10 21h2
- microsoft windows 10 22h2
- microsoft windows 11 23h2
- microsoft windows 11 24h2
- microsoft windows 11 25h2
- microsoft windows 11 26h1
- microsoft windows app
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-42985 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Remote Desktop Client, published June 9, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.26%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.