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GHSA-V69H-C25Q-F3JF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-05 18:31 – Updated: 2026-03-05 21:30

Details

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information vulnerability in rustdesk-server-pro RustDesk Server Pro rustdesk-server-pro on Windows, MacOS, Linux (Address book sync API modules) allows Sniffing Attacks. This vulnerability is associated with program files Closed source — API endpoint handling heartbeat sync and program routines Heartbeat API handler (accepts preset-address-book-password in plaintext).

This issue affects RustDesk Server Pro: through 1.7.5.

Severity ?

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-30796 (GCVE-0-2026-30796)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-05 15:30 – Updated: 2026-03-17 14:31

Title

RustDesk Server Pro API Requires Address Book Password in Plaintext for Sync Protocol

Summary

Severity ?

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-319 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Assigner

VULSec

References

URL

Tags

	https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/	technical-descriptionx_--config documentation
	https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSds6…	third-party-advisoryexploit
	https://www.vulsec.org/	vdb-entrythird-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	rustdesk-server-pro	RustDesk Server Pro	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.7.5 (custom)

Date Public ?

2026-03-05 13:45

Credits

Erez Kalman Erez Kalman

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