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CVE-2022-1736

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Ubuntu's configuration of gnome-control-center allowed Remote Desktop Sharing to be enabled by default.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 18.04, 20.04, 22.04
• Gnome-Remote-Desktop: 42.1.1, 42.1.1-1, 42.1.1-2

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-remote-desktop/+bug/1973028
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1736
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5430-1

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