Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-30789
Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort, Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in rustdesk-client RustDesk Client rustdesk-client on Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android (Client login, peer authentication modules) allows Password Brute Forcing.
The authentication proof is SHA256(SHA256(password + salt) + challenge), where both the salt and the challenge are generated entirely by the server with no client-side nonce, and the hash uses no slow key-derivation function. A rogue or on-path API/relay server (see CVE-2026-30794 / CVE-2026-30797) can issue a chosen salt and challenge, capture the resulting proof, and recover the password offline. The capture-replay claim (CWE-294) is withdrawn: the challenge is regenerated per connection (challenge = Config::get_auto_password(6)), so a captured proof is not replayable against the legitimate server. The 1.4.7 OTP brute-force limiter and the existing LOGIN_FAILURES counter constrain only ONLINE attempts and do not address offline recovery.
This vulnerability is associated with program files src/client.rs and program routines handle_hash(), handle_login_from_ui() (login proof construction).
This issue affects RustDesk Client: through 1.4.8.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 18.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
Products affected by CVE-2026-30789
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.3-1
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.3-2
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.3.9
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:rustdesk:rustdesk:1.4.5
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cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:-
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cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-