TI-2024-16591 Aliases CVE-2024-25140 GHSA-xc8c-3cmg-p9qr

A default installation of RustDesk 1.2.3 on Windows places a WDKTestCert certificate…

HIGH 82CWE-295Published 2024-02-06 · Updated 2024-08-29

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

A default installation of RustDesk 1.2.3 on Windows places a WDKTestCert certificate under Trusted Root Certification Authorities with Enhanced Key Usage of Code Signing (1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3), valid from 2023 until 2033. This is potentially unwanted, e.g., because there is no public documentation of security measures for the private key, and arbitrary software could be signed if the private key were to be compromised. NOTE: the vendor's position is "we do not have EV cert, so we use test cert as a workaround." Insertion into Trusted Root Certification Authorities was the originally intended behavior, and the UI ensured that the certificate installation step (checked by default) was visible to the user before proceeding with the product installation.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00509 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.3:::::::*	1.2.3	Vulnerable	rustdesk-client
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.3 Vulnerable ·rustdesk-client
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-25140
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xc8c-3cmg-p9qr

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/discussions/6444

Other 2

TI-2026-23626 RustDesk HTTP Client Silently Accepts Invalid TLS Certificates After Handshake Failure CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2026-23624 RustDesk Client Blindly Merges Unauthenticated Strategy Payloads, Bypassing Local Security Settings CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
TI-2026-23621 RustDesk Encrypts Local Passwords with World-Readable Machine ID and Fixed Zero Nonce (XSalsa20-Poly1305) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-23629 RustDesk Client Accepts Unauthenticated stop-service Command via Strategy Payload CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-23628 RustDesk rustdesk://config/ URI Silently Re-homes Client to Attacker-Controlled Server CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
TI-2026-23625 RustDesk Flutter URI Handler Sets Permanent Password Without Privilege Check or User Confirmation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3

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Sources

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