CVE-2026-109678

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.

CVSS 4.0

7.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 25% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-617

Published

2026-10-13

Modified

2026-10-20

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• freerdp:freerdp

References

• 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

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