Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-109679FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta4 before 3.32.0 NULL Pointer Crash via ARM Response
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity null pointer dereference in FreeRDP from FreeRDP. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta4 before 3.32.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference in arm_handle_request_ok when an ARM endpoint returns an empty HTTP 200 body. Attackers controlling the configured ARM gateway can return a zero-length body to pass NULL to strnlen and crash the connecting client.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freerdp2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109679 |
| Debian:13 | freerdp3 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109679 |
| Debian:14 | freerdp3 | 3.32.0+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109679 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freerdp2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109679 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freerdp3 | 3.32.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109679 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freerdp3 | 3.32.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109679 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-qjwp-c855-hc69) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta4 before 3.32.0 NULL Pointer Crash via ARM Response third-party-advisory