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High MSRC-CVE-2026-42909 1 CVE

Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Jun 9, 2026 · Updated Jun 9, 2026

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Unlikely. Customer action: Required.

Details

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.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
In the case of a Remote Desktop connection, an attacker with control of a Remote Desktop Server could trigger a remote code execution (RCE) on the machine when a victim connects to the attacking server with the vulnerable Remote Desktop Client.

Security updates
10.0.17763.8880 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094123
1.2.7214.0 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/windowsdesktop-whatsnew
10.0.20348.5256 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094128
10.0.19044.7417 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094127
10.0.26100.32995 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094125
10.0.26200.8655 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094126
10.0.22631.7219 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5093998
10.0.28000.2269 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5095051
10.0.14393.9234 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094122
6.2.9200.26132 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094042
6.3.9600.23228 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5094041
2.0.1193.0 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-app/whats-new?toc=admins%2Ftoc.json&tabs=windows

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