Description
A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In the VNC TLS I/O handlers, retryable GnuTLS results (GNUTLS_E_AGAIN and GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED) are handled with an unbounded busy loop instead of yielding to the event loop. A remote attacker who can reach an enabled VNC TLS listener can cause the event-loop thread to spin at high CPU with no forward progress, resulting in denial of service.
Published: 2026-10-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

If VNC is not required, disable the gnome-remote-desktop VNC service. If it must remain enabled, restrict the VNC listener to trusted hosts or management networks using host-based firewall rules.

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History

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In the VNC TLS I/O handlers, retryable GnuTLS results (GNUTLS_E_AGAIN and GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED) are handled with an unbounded busy loop instead of yielding to the event loop. A remote attacker who can reach an enabled VNC TLS listener can cause the event-loop thread to spin at high CPU with no forward progress, resulting in denial of service.
Title Gnome-remote-desktop: busy-wait dos in vnc tls i/o handlers (gnutls_e_again / gnutls_e_interrupted)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T13:01:20.322Z

Reserved: 2026-10-13T06:16:06.797Z

Link: CVE-2026-109832

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T13:01:14.275Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-13T12:17:14.033

Modified: 2026-10-13T13:17:29.320

Link: CVE-2026-109832

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T14:00:09Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-835

    Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')