Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-26964

High

Published: 26 December 2022

Published
26 December 2022
Modified
14 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 51.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-26964 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307) vulnerability in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Weak password derivation for export in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager before 2022.1 allows information disclosure via a password brute-force attack. An error caused base64 to be decoded.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

devolutions
remote desktop manager
≤ 2022.1

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-307

This control directly enforces limits on consecutive invalid logon attempts and automatic response (e.g., lockout) to prevent brute-force exploitation of authentication mechanisms.

addresses: CWE-307

Specific conditions can include excessive failed attempts, triggering stronger authentication that restricts brute-force exploitation.

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