Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to RD Gateway service over network
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ExploitSend crafted RDG protocol request
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ExecutionTrigger out-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
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ImpactDisclose adjacent service memory contents
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The Remote Desktop Gateway role must be installed and reachable on an affected Windows Server build (2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, or 2025, including Server Core, below the listed patched versions). Per the CVSS vector (PR:L) and the description's 'authorized attacker' wording, the attacker must hold some level of valid authorization/credentials to interact with the service - this is NOT an unauthenticated flaw, which meaningfully limits exposure. Exploitation requires no user interaction (UI:N) and low complexity (AC:L), but the payoff is confidentiality-only (information disclosure); there is no integrity or availability impact, and SSVC rates it non-automatable with only partial technical impact. Internet-facing RD Gateways with weak credential hygiene are the realistic risk surface; internal-only gateways behind strong authentication are substantially lower risk. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-priority information-disclosure flaw, not a critical emergency. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack that nonetheless requires some level of authorization (PR:L) and yields high confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect - consistent with reading out-of-bounds memory (CWE-125) from the Remote Desktop Gateway Service. The signals are internally consistent and point AWAY from urgent, widespread risk: CISA's SSVC decision framework rates Exploitation as 'none', Automatable as 'no', and Technical Impact as only 'partial', which aligns with an info-leak that requires an authenticated session and is not trivially wormable. No EPSS score was supplied in the input, and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit code referenced, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' There are no conflicting signals here - the CVSS auth requirement, the SSVC 'none/no/partial' ratings, and the absence of KEV/POC all converge on a real-but-contained issue that merits patching in the normal Microsoft update cycle rather than out-of-band action. The main caveat is that an authenticated attacker on a network-exposed RD Gateway could leak sensitive memory contents, so internet-facing gateways should be prioritized over internal ones. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds valid (even low-privileged) credentials to reach the Remote Desktop Gateway Service sends a specially crafted request that causes the service to read beyond an allocated buffer boundary. The out-of-bounds read returns adjacent process memory to the attacker over the network, potentially disclosing sensitive data such as session tokens, configuration, or other users' data. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the attack produces information disclosure only - no code execution or service disruption. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
An out-of-bounds read in the Windows Remote Desktop Gateway service allows an attacker who already holds valid credentials authorizing access to the gateway to disclose memory contents over the network, with confidentiality-only impact and no effect on integrity or availability. The flaw affects Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022, and 2025 - including Server Core installations - running the RD Gateway role below the builds listed by EUVD, and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, the CVE is not in CISA KEV, and CISA's SSVC assessment rates exploitation as none, automatable as no, and technical impact as partial - making this a moderate-priority information-disclosure issue rather than a critical emergency. Internet-facing RD Gateways that permit weakly controlled credential access are the realistic risk surface, while internal gateways protected by strong authentication and conditional access are substantially lower risk.
RemediationAI
Patch status: Patch available per vendor advisory. Microsoft has released updates for this issue; apply the latest cumulative Windows Server security update via Windows Update, WSUS, or the Microsoft Update Catalog, and confirm the installed build meets or exceeds the fixed build for your SKU as listed by EUVD - 6.2.9200.26434 for Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Core-based 6.2 branch, 6.3.9600.23470 for Windows Server 2012 R2, 10.0.14393.9612 for Windows Server 2016, 10.0.17763.9376 for Windows Server 2019, 10.0.20348.5761 for Windows Server 2022, and 10.0.26100.33650 for Windows Server 2025 - using the guidance at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-84007. Until patching completes, the most effective compensating control is to reduce the credential-gated attack surface: if the RD Gateway role is not required, remove or disable it (side effect: published RemoteApp/RDP access for external users stops working, so confirm dependencies first), and if it is required, restrict inbound TCP 443 to known source IP ranges or VPN/Zero Trust endpoints rather than exposing it to the whole internet (side effect: roaming and third-party users must connect through the VPN or an allowed range). Enforce multi-factor authentication and Network Level Authentication on the gateway, tighten RD CAP/RD RAP authorization policies so only the minimum necessary user groups can authenticate, and audit for stale or shared service accounts, since the flaw requires an authorized principal (PR:L) to reach - this directly shrinks the population of attackers who can trigger the out-of-bounds read. Rate-limit or block repeated malformed gateway requests at the edge WAF/IPS and alert on unusual RD Gateway disconnects or abnormal response sizes that could indicate memory-scraping attempts (side effect: some legitimate client reconnection patterns may generate false positives and need tuning). Because exploitation yields only information disclosure, prioritize patching internet-facing gateways first; there is no vendor-issued integrity or availability mitigation to restore, so network exposure reduction and authentication hardening are the practical stopgaps.
Affected VersionsENISA
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is the Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) role in Windows Server, the service that publishes internal RDP hosts over HTTPS (typically TCP 443) via the RDP-over-HTTP transport and enforces RD CAP/RD RAP authorization policies for inbound connections. The root cause is CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read): memory outside the intended buffer boundary can be read during processing, and the resulting bytes may be returned to the caller - here classified by Microsoft as an information disclosure issue and tagged with both 'Buffer Overflow' and 'Information Disclosure'. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, the defect is reachable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, but requires the attacker to hold valid authorization (PR:L) and yields only high confidentiality impact - no integrity or availability loss. CPE/EUVD data scope the issue to the Windows Server 2012 through 2025 families (kernel builds 6.2.9200.x, 6.3.9600.x, 10.0.14393.x, 10.0.17763.x, 10.0.20348.x, and 10.0.26100.x, including Server Core SKUs); hosts without the RD Gateway role installed are not an attack surface for this service. SSVC's 'Automatable: no' and 'Technical Impact: partial' ratings are consistent with a non-wormable, credential-gated memory-disclosure primitive rather than a mass-exploitable remote code execution chain.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Network-facing RD Gateway service (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), but 'authorized attacker' and the service model require credentials (PR:L); out-of-bounds read leaks memory so C:H, I:N, A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Out-of-bounds read in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
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EUVD-2026-99447
GHSA-xgqh-xjq9-8574
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CVE.org
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