Insufficiently protected credentials in Rocket Remote Desktop
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- 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-522.
Summary
Rocket Software Rocket Remote Desktop 18.0.8583.1 is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522). CVE-2026-78835 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. CISA's SSVC rates exploitation as PoC, automatable as yes and technical impact as total. The vulnerability is not in CISA KEV, and the references contain no exploit link.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Rocket Software Rocket Remote Desktop 18.0.8583.1 is vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Rocket Remote Desktop.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-10 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-78835
- 2026-10-10 Alias added: GHSA-fpgq-5c6j-qf67
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-13 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
Sources
- CVE-2026-78835 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-78835 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpgq-5c6j-qf67 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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