CVE-2026-33145

NameCVE-2026-33145
Descriptionxrdp is an open source RDP server. Versions through 0.10.5 allow an authenticated remote user to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to unsafe handling of the AlternateShell parameter in xrdp-sesman. When the AllowAlternateShell setting is enabled (which is the default when not explicitly configured), xrdp accepts a client-supplied AlternateShell value and executes it via /bin/sh -c during session initialization. This results in shell-interpreted execution of unsanitized, user-controlled input. This behavior effectively provides a scriptable remote command execution primitive over RDP within the security context of the authenticated user, occurring prior to normal window manager startup. This can bypass expected session initialization flows and operational assumptions that restrict execution to interactive desktop environments. This issue has been fixed in version 0.10.6.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xrdp (PTS)bullseye0.9.21.1-1~deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)0.9.21.1-1~deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm0.9.21.1-1+deb12u1vulnerable
bookworm (security)0.9.21.1-1+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie (security), trixie0.10.1-3.1+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid0.10.5-5vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xrdpsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/security/advisories/GHSA-rmvv-7633-fg7h

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