Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
To exploit this vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker would need to send malformed packets to a websocket listening port. This could result in remote code execution on the server side with the same permissions as the websocket service.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.
Security updates
10.0.17763.6414 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5044277
10.0.20348.2762 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5044281
10.0.22000.3260 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5044280
10.0.19044.5011 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5044273
10.0.22621.4317 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5044285
10.0.25398.1189 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5044288
10.0.26100.2033 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5044284
10.0.28000.2269 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5095051
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.1
Remote Desktop Protocol Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Remote Desktop Protocol Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Revision history
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#3
To comprehensively address this vulnerability Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based Systems and Windows 11 Version 26H1 for64-based Systems have been added to the Security Updates table. Microsoft recommend updating to the June 2026 version of your Windows operating systems.
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#2
Updated FAQ information. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2024-43582 Remote Desktop Protocol Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43582
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss