Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
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 The capture-replay claim (CWE-294) is withdrawn: the challenge is regenerated per connection (challenge = Config::get_auto_password(6)), so a captured proof is not replayable against the legitimate server.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.
EPSS: 0.003 (18.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 2fdefc65-d750-4b8d-96ee-6e2c0c42dbfe (x_--config documentation, Product, technical-description)
- 2fdefc65-d750-4b8d-96ee-6e2c0c42dbfe (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit, third-party-advisory)
- 2fdefc65-d750-4b8d-96ee-6e2c0c42dbfe (vdb-entry, Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-30789?
- CVE-2026-30789 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-03-05.
- How severe is CVE-2026-30789?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.