CVE-2022-1736Network attack vector

Unintended remote-service exposure via system-wide autostart

Published Jan 31, 2025 · Updated Feb 7, 2025

Configuration error in Canonical GNOME Control Center before 42.1.1-2ubuntu1 allows remote attackers to reach desktop-sharing services. Ubuntu packaging installs a system-wide gnome-remote-desktop service symlink instead of relying on the per-user symlink controlled by Settings. On affected Ubuntu 22.04 systems, an RDP listener can return after reboot even when desktop sharing was turned off.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability0.74%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Configuration error in Canonical GNOME Control Center before 42.1.1-2ubuntu1 allows remote attackers to reach desktop-sharing services. Ubuntu packaging installs a system-wide gnome-remote-desktop service symlink instead of relying on the per-user symlink controlled by Settings. On affected Ubuntu 22.04 systems, an RDP listener can return after reboot even when desktop sharing was turned off.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-1736
Published
Jan 31, 2025
Updated
Feb 7, 2025
Vendor
Canonical
Product
GNOME Control Center
Classifications
T1021
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 31, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <42.1.1-2ubuntu1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Canonical · GNOME Control Centerversion=0 <42.1.1-2ubuntu1

Published CVSS scores

9.8CanonicalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1021Remote Services

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