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CVE-2026-54538

xrdp: Pre-auth infinite loop via totalLength=0 in TS_SHARECONTROLHEADER

7.5 HighFix available

xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions 0.10.6 and prior, a n issue was discovered where the software fails to properly validate the totalLength field within the RDP protocol control header during packet reception. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet that forces the xrdp process or thread into an infinite, CPU-bound loop. Because the internal pointer fails to advance and the deadlock prevention mechanism is bypassed for specific protocol data unit types, the process consumes excessive CPU resources indefinitely. This can render the xrdp service unavailable and potentially lead to system-wide resource exhaustion if multiple malicious connections are established. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

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
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.67%Unchanged since Jul 21, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

xrdp: Pre-auth infinite loop via totalLength=0 in TS_SHARECONTROLHEADER

xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions 0.10.6 and prior, a n issue was discovered where the software fails to properly validate the totalLength field within the RDP protocol control header during packet reception. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet that forces the xrdp process or thread into an infinite, CPU-bound loop. Because the internal pointer fails to advance and the deadlock prevention mechanism is bypassed for specific protocol data unit types, the process consumes excessive CPU resources indefinitely. This can render the xrdp service unavailable and potentially lead to system-wide resource exhaustion if multiple malicious connections are established. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

Record
CVE-2026-54538
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-46032 7.5

xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions 0.10.6 and prior, a n issue was discovered where the software fails to properly validate the totalLength field within the RDP protocol control header during packet reception. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet that forces the xrdp process or thread into an infinite, CPU-bound loop. Because the internal pointer fails to advance and the deadlock prevention mechanism is bypassed for specific protocol data unit types, the process consumes excessive CPU resources indefinitely. This can render the xrdp service unavailable and potentially lead to system-wide resource exhaustion if multiple malicious connections are established. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

Record
EUVD-2026-46032
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 7.5

xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions 0.10.6 and prior, a n issue was discovered where the software fails to properly validate the totalLength field within the RDP protocol control header during packet reception. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet that forces the xrdp process or thread into an infinite, CPU-bound loop. Because the internal pointer fails to advance and the deadlock prevention mechanism is bypassed for specific protocol data unit types, the process consumes excessive CPU resources indefinitely. This can render the xrdp service unavailable and potentially lead to system-wide resource exhaustion if multiple malicious connections are established. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

Record
CVE-2026-54538
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

xrdp: Pre-auth infinite loop via totalLength=0 in TS_SHARECONTROLHEADER

xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions 0.10.6 and prior, a n issue was discovered where the software fails to properly validate the totalLength field within the RDP protocol control header during packet reception. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet that forces the xrdp process or thread into an infinite, CPU-bound loop. Because the internal pointer fails to advance and the deadlock prevention mechanism is bypassed for specific protocol data unit types, the process consumes excessive CPU resources indefinitely. This can render the xrdp service unavailable and potentially lead to system-wide resource exhaustion if multiple malicious connections are established. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

Record
CVE-2026-54538
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-835
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-54538 7.5

xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions 0.10.6 and prior, a n issue was discovered where the software fails to properly validate the totalLength field within the RDP protocol control header during packet reception. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet that forces the xrdp process or thread into an infinite, CPU-bound loop. Because the internal pointer fails to advance and the deadlock prevention mechanism is bypassed for specific protocol data unit types, the process consumes excessive CPU resources indefinitely. This can render the xrdp service unavailable and potentially lead to system-wide resource exhaustion if multiple malicious connections are established. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54538
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-54538 7.5

xrdp is an open source RDP server. In versions 0.10.6 and prior, a n issue was discovered where the software fails to properly validate the totalLength field within the RDP protocol control header during packet reception. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet that forces the xrdp process or thread into an infinite, CPU-bound loop. Because the internal pointer fails to advance and the deadlock prevention mechanism is bypassed for specific protocol data unit types, the process consumes excessive CPU resources indefinitely. This can render the xrdp service unavailable and potentially lead to system-wide resource exhaustion if multiple malicious connections are established. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54538
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2026-0566 No score

Updated xrdp package fixes security vulnerabilities

lib_palette_update Heap Buffer Overflow & RCE. (CVE-2026-41252) lib_framebuffer_update Has Integer Overflow Heap Info Leak & ASLR Bypass. (CVE-2026-41521) Channel Data Forwarding Fixed-Size Buffer Overflow. (CVE-2026-44178) XRDP is vulnerable to a server timing attack, leading to user enumeration. (CVE-2026-42218) Unchecked FIPS padding length in standard RDP Security causes heap out-of-bounds read in HMAC verification. (CVE-2026-44978) Pre-auth infinite loop via totalLength=0 in TS_SHARECONTROLHEADER. (CVE-2026-54538) Malformed Confirm Active capability sets cause out-of-bounds reads. (CVE-2026-55238) No authentication required with Xvnc backend. (CVE-2026-55626) Out-of-bounds read in GCC Conference Create Request CS_SECURITY processing (xrdp_sec_process_mcs_data_CS_SECURITY). (CVE-2026-55639) Out-of-bounds read in Client Control PDU processing (xrdp_rdp_process_data_control). (CVE-2026-55645)

Record
MGASA-2026-0566
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11543-1 No score

xrdp-0.10.6.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the xrdp-0.10.6.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11543-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xrdp
Debian:12
before 0.9.21.1-1+deb12u3, plus listed versions
0.9.21.1-10.9.21.1-1+deb12u10.9.21.1-1+deb12u2
0.9.21.1-1+deb12u3
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 0.10.6.1-2, 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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0.10.4.1-10.10.4.1-20.10.5-10.10.5-20.10.5-30.10.5-40.10.5-50.10.6-10.10.6-20.10.6-30.10.6-40.10.6-50.10.6.1-10.10.6.1-2~bpo13+1
0.10.6.1-2
xrdp
Mageia:10
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 0.10.6.1-2.mga10
0.10.6.1-2.mga10
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
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
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
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 10 CVEs
before 0.10.6.1-1.1
0.10.6.1-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2026-54538 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Neutrinolabs Xrdp, published July 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.67%, the 52nd percentile. Fixed in xrdp 0.9.21.1-1+deb12u3.

References

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