๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-121955

HIGH 7.5

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 Use-After-Free in Smartcard Emulation ReleaseContext

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in Emulate_SCardReleaseContext that frees the emulated SCardContext before its worker thread is cancelled and joined. A malicious server can send ESTABLISHCONTEXT, a long-timeout GETSTATUSCHANGE, then RELEASECONTEXT smartcard IRPs to corrupt heap memory or crash clients using smartcard emulation.

CWE CWE-416
Vendor freerdp
Product freerdp
Published Nov 4, 2026
Last Updated Nov 4, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

FreeRDP / FreeRDP
0 < 3.32.2

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-983v-jp34-f3fm vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-3.32.2-use-after-free-in-smartcard-emulation-releasecontext