# CVE-2022-1736: Ubuntu's configuration of gnome-control-center allowed Remote Desktop Sharing to be enabled by default.

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 42.1.1-2ubuntu1
- Published: 2025-01-31 · Updated: 2025-02-07

## Affected

- Ubuntu's gnome-control-center: fixed in 42.1.1-2ubuntu1

## Description

Ubuntu's configuration of gnome-control-center allowed Remote Desktop Sharing to be enabled by default.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ubuntu's gnome-control-center, upgrade to a fixed version (42.1.1-2ubuntu1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5430-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-remote-desktop/+bug/1973028
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1736

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