Skip to main content

Boteraser | Website and Server Security Solutions

🛡️ CVE-2026-44799 — remote-desktop-client

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-122 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-44799 is classified as CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A write past the end of a heap allocation corrupts allocator metadata or neighbouring objects.

Affected software

CVE-2026-44799 is recorded against 15 packages.

  • remote-desktop-client (fixed in 1.2.7214)
  • windows-10-1607 (fixed in 10.0.14393.9234)
  • windows-10-1809 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8880)
  • windows-10-21h2 (fixed in 10.0.19044.7417)
  • windows-10-22h2 (fixed in 10.0.19045.7417)
  • windows-11-23h2 (fixed in 10.0.22631.7219)
  • windows-11-24h2 (fixed in 10.0.26100.8655)
  • windows-11-25h2 (fixed in 10.0.26200.8655)
  • windows-11-26h1 (fixed in 10.0.28000.2269)
  • windows-app (fixed in 2.0.1193.0)
  • windows-server-2012
  • windows-server-2016 (fixed in 10.0.14393.9234)
  • windows-server-2019 (fixed in 10.0.17763.8880)
  • windows-server-2022 (fixed in 10.0.20348.5256)
  • windows-server-2025 (fixed in 10.0.26100.32995)

Timeline and source

Published on 9 June 2026 and last revised on 23 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com

Other advisories for this package

remote-desktop-client has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-122
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-06-09
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-23
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
remote-desktop-client 1.2.7214
windows-10-1607 10.0.14393.9234
windows-10-1809 10.0.17763.8880
windows-10-21h2 10.0.19044.7417
windows-10-22h2 10.0.19045.7417
windows-11-23h2 10.0.22631.7219
windows-11-24h2 10.0.26100.8655
windows-11-25h2 10.0.26200.8655
windows-11-26h1 10.0.28000.2269
windows-app 2.0.1193.0
windows-server-2012
windows-server-2016 10.0.14393.9234
windows-server-2019 10.0.17763.8880
windows-server-2022 10.0.20348.5256
windows-server-2025 10.0.26100.32995

Similar Threats

Site Security Check

Is remote-desktop-client part of your stack?

CVE-2026-44799 is rated CVSS 7.5 High. BotEraser scans your installation against known CVE records and tells you whether this vulnerability applies to the versions you actually run.

Scan My Site Free →

No credit card required  ·  Results in minutes

ⓘ Data Notice: The information presented above has been compiled from publicly available internet sources. Boteraser aggregates this data solely for informational purposes and does not independently classify, evaluate, or endorse any findings about the vulnerabilities listed. The accuracy and completeness of this information is the sole responsibility of the original publishers. Boteraser and its operators accept no liability for any decisions made based on this data.

Browse related advisories

All advisoriesCVECVE 2026