CVE-2026-109678

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.5

Exploit probability—

ProductFreerdp

PublishedOct 13, 2026

First seenOct 13, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-617CWE-617

How to fix

Update

freerdp freerdp3.32.0 or later

Vendor advisories

github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-996j-34w6-5hgm

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
freerdp freerdp	3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.32.0	3.32.0

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