# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-30796"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-03-05T15:30:39.605Z"
updatedAt: "2026-07-19T11:54:37.867Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-30796"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-30796.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-30796"
title: "RustDesk Client Transmits Preset Address Book Password Verbatim in Heartbeat Sync"
summary: "Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information, Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in rustdesk-client RustDesk Client rustdesk-client on Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android (Address book sync, Heartbeat sync loop modules) allows Sniffing Attacks.\n\nThe client places the preset address-book password verbatim into the heartbeat sync JSON body (src/hbbs_http/sync.rs). Over an intact HTTPS session it is not exposed in transit, but it is a reusable shared secret rather than a zero-knowledge proof, so it is recovered by any party that becomes the API endpoint - under the re-homed/rogue API server (CVE-2026-30797) - and the leaked credential then authorizes the server-side address book.\n\nThis vulnerability is associated with program files src/hbbs_http/sync.rs and program routines heartbeat sync body builder (emits preset-address-book-password).\n\nThis issue affects RustDesk Client: through 1.4.8."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThanOrEqual":"1.4.8","changes":[{"at":"Server Pro","status":"affected"}]}],"vendor":"rustdesk-client","product":"RustDesk Client","packageName":"rustdesk-client","collectionURL":"https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/releases","platforms":["Windows","MacOS","Linux","iOS","Android"],"defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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