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CVE-2026-109948: FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 Memory Disclosure via SCardTransmit Smartcard Redirection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-10-13 · updated 2026-10-21
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

FreeRDP from 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an uninitialized memory disclosure vulnerability in smartcard_Transmit_Call that allows malicious RDP servers to read client memory. Servers can send SCardTransmit requests with an invalid card handle and nonzero receive length, causing smartcard_pack_transmit_return to serialize up to 66,560 uninitialized heap bytes.

Affected products

• FreeRDP: from 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 — fixed in 3.32.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FreeRDP 3.32.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-f554-v4xw-5j39
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-memory-disclosure-via-scardtransmit-smartcard-redirection
• https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-f554-v4xw-5j39

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