CVSS v3.1
2.6
EPSS
0.73%
Published
Aug 30, 2023
Modified
Nov 3, 2025
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
xrdp is an open source remote desktop protocol (RDP) server. In versions prior to 0.9.23 improper handling of session establishment errors allows bypassing OS-level session restrictions. The `auth_start_session` function can return non-zero (1) value on, e.g., PAM error which may result in in session restrictions such as max concurrent sessions per user by PAM (ex ./etc/security/limits.conf) to be bypassed. Users (administrators) don't use restrictions by PAM are not affected. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.9.23. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (1)
References (13)