
CVE catalog
CVE-2024-5148
GNOME Remote Desktop vulnerability
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.57% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in the gnome-remote-desktop package. The gnome-remote-desktop system daemon performs inadequate validation of session agents using D-Bus methods related to transitioning a client connection from the login screen to the user session. As a result, the system RDP TLS certificate and key can be exposed to unauthorized users. This flaw allows a malicious user on the system to take control of the RDP client connection during the login screen-to-user session transition.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | sid | 51.0-1 | not affected |
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | forky | 51.0-1 | not affected |
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | trixie | 48.1-4 | not affected |
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | bookworm | 43.3-1 | not affected |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | noble | Not reported | not affected |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | noble | 46.2-1~ubuntu24.04.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 45.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 45.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 45.1-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46~rc-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46.2-1~ubuntu24.04.2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | gnome-remote-desktop | tumbleweed | 46.2-1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 45.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 45.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 45.1-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46~rc-0ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | 24.04 | 46.2-1~ubuntu24.04.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gnome-remote-desktop | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | deb | noble | 46.2-1~ubuntu24.04.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | deb | 24.04 | 46.2-1~ubuntu24.04.2 | Not reported | USN-6785-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | gnome-remote-desktop | rpm | tumbleweed | 46.2-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14002-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | gnome-remote-desktop | deb | 24.04 | 46.2-1~ubuntu24.04.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5148 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [gnome-remote-desktop-lang]Unknown
Source package: [gnome-remote-desktop]
Details (1)
50.2-1.2· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
46.2-1.1Version impact unknown
usn · gnome-remote-desktop · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [gnome-remote-desktop]Fixed
Source package: [gnome-remote-desktop]
Details (1)
50.2-1.2· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
46.2-1.1usn · gnome-remote-desktop · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gnome-remote-desktop]Not affected
Details (2)
43.3-1· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
usn · gnome-remote-desktop · debian · bookworm
43.3-1· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
usn · gnome-remote-desktop · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_14002-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5148]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6785-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14002-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-5148]
- [https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6785-1]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]