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CVE-2025-29831 · Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Severity
Important
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS
7.5 base · 6.5 temporal
Release
2025-05-13
Signals
Remote Desktop Gateway Service Remote Code Execution Exploited: No Publicly disclosed: No Exploitability: Exploitation Unlikely
CWE
CWE-416: Use After Free
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Description
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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FAQ
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability? An attacker could successfully exploit this vulnerability by attempting to connect to a system with the Remote Desktop Gateway role, triggering the race condition to create a use-after-free scenario, and then leveraging this to execute arbitrary code.
Remote Desktop Gateway Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Use after free in Remote Desktop Gateway Service allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
FAQ
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? Exploitation of the vulnerability requires an admin user to stop or restart the service.