RHSA-2026:99136 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for gnome-remote-desktop is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

GNOME Remote Desktop is a remote desktop and screen sharing service for the GNOME desktop environment.

Security Fix(es):

• gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated RDP sockets lack a handshake deadline (CVE-2026-96541)
• gnome-remote-desktop: Busy-Wait DoS in VNC TLS I/O Handlers (GNUTLS_E_AGAIN / GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED) (CVE-2026-109832)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2539385 - CVE-2026-96541 gnome-remote-desktop: gnome-remote-desktop: unauthenticated RDP sockets lack a handshake deadline
• BZ - 2550352 - CVE-2026-109832 gnome-remote-desktop: Busy-Wait DoS in VNC TLS I/O Handlers (GNUTLS_E_AGAIN / GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED)

CVEs

• CVE-2026-96541
• CVE-2026-109832

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important