# CVE-2022-26964: Weak cryptography in n/a

> Weak password derivation in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager allows attackers to recover exported passwords via brute-force attacks.

- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 14 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vqpr-cwpg-2999

## What is CVE-2022-26964?

CVE-2022-26964 is a high-severity vulnerability in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, published on 26 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Weak password derivation for export in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager before 2022.1 allows information disclosure via a password brute-force attack. An error caused base64 to be decoded.

Weakness: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26964?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-26964?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-26964 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager

- [CVE-2026-2590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2590/): Security feature bypass in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-6057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6057/): Auth bypass in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-6593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6593/): Missing authorization in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-5765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5765/): Missing authorization in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-4373](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4373/): Missing authorization in Remote Desktop Manager (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-26964 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-26964 is a high-severity vulnerability in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager, published on 26 Dec 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26964/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26964/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26964
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26964
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26964

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26964/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.