CVE-2026-109678

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5

Description

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.

Timeline

Published:October 13th, 2026 2:17 PM

Last modified:October 14th, 2026 8:10 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-617

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

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

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute