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CVE-2022-1736

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-1736 describes a critical vulnerability in Ubuntu's gnome-control-center, where Remote Desktop Sharing was enabled by default, affecting canonical and gnome versions of gnome-remote-desktop and Ubuntu Linux. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploits, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion have been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 79/100 indicates a substantial potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
42.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-remote-desktop:42.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1.1-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-remote-desktop:42.1.1-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1.1-2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome-remote-desktop:42.1.1-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
20.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-1736Low

gnome-control-center: GNOME Settings could allow unintended access to network services.

May 19, 2022

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/gnome-remote-desktop/+bug/1973028
Issue Tracking
ubuntu.com / security/CVE-2022-1736
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / security/notices/USN-5430-1
Vendor Advisory