CVE-2026-109678

MEDIUM 6.5

FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta1 before 3.32.0 Reachable Assertion via Emulated SCardStatusA

CVSS Score

6.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta1 before 3.32.0, when built with verbose WinPR assertions and using smartcard emulation, has a reachable assertion: the emulated SCardStatusA passes a NULL reader-name destination to scard_copy_strings. A malicious RDP server can send an SCardStatusA request with fmszReaderNamesIsNULL=1 to abort a connecting client.

CWE	CWE-617
Vendor	freerdp
Product	freerdp
Published	Oct 13, 2026
Last Updated	Oct 13, 2026

Stay Ahead of the Next One

Get instant alerts for freerdp freerdp

Be the first to know when new medium vulnerabilities affecting freerdp freerdp are published — delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Get Free Alerts → Free · No credit card · 60 sec setup

CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

FreeRDP / FreeRDP

3.0.0-beta1 < 3.32.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

github.com: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-996j-34w6-5hgm vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-beta1-before-3.32.0-reachable-assertion-via-emulated-scardstatusa

Credits

Kushalkhemka mayank-jangid-moon skigeek16 opensec-intelligence