CVE-2026-55238

xrdp: Malformed Confirm Active capability sets cause out-of-bounds reads

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 20, 2026 at 05:05 PM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXrdp

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

xrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions 0.10.6 and prior contain a vulnerability concerning the processing of RDP Confirm Active PDU, where during the capability negotiation phase, the parser did not perform sufficient length validation for specific capability sets. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted RDP packet containing malformed capability data. Due to missing bounds checks, the xrdp process may perform out-of-bounds memory reads, which can result in the termination of the service (Denial of Service). However, since xrdp forks a new process for each connection by default, an out-of-bounds read causing a process crash is unlikely to bring down the entire xrdp service. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.10.6.1
Affected range stops below 0.10.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/security/advisories/GHSA-mg8j-x9rw-9xv3
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/releases/tag/v0.10.6.1

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-126

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