CVE-2026-109949

Medium

Description

FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in its virtual smartcard GIDS implementation, which stores the PIN retry counter per-handle. A malicious RDP server can exhaust the counter with VERIFY APDUs, then request a new SCardConnect to reset attempts, enabling unbounded online brute-forcing of the configured smartcard PIN.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.5

Exploit probability—

ProductFreerdp

PublishedOct 13, 2026

First seenOct 13, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-307CWE-307

How to fix

Update

freerdp freerdp3.32.0 or later

Vendor advisories

github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-chh2-527f-x255

Affected products

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

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