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CVE-2026-67293: FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Improper Certificate Hostname Validation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-08-01 · updated 2026-09-29
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 (affected versions <= 3.28.0) contains an improper certificate hostname validation vulnerability. The TLS hostname matcher (tls_match_hostname() in libfreerdp/crypto/tls.c) treats a wildcard pattern such as *.example.com as matching any hostname ending in .example.com, so it incorrectly accepts a wildcard certificate for multi-label subdomains like a.b.example.com (which OpenSSL's X509_check_host() rejects). This weakens TLS server authentication under wildcard-certificate conditions.

Affected products

• FreeRDP: before 3.29.0 — fixed in 3.29.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FreeRDP 3.29.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/f3b4347105114fe7453828736bea069999af319f
• https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5wr6-8m8j-3h7f
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-improper-certificate-hostname-validation

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