Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-109944FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 Reachable Assertion via Stale Smartcard Handle

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in FreeRDP from FreeRDP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 does not remove card handles when Emulate_SCardReleaseContext releases a smartcard-emulation context, so Emulate_SCardTransmit later looks up the deleted parent context and reaches a terminating WINPR_ASSERT. A malicious RDP server can crash a connecting client with smartcard emulation and redirection enabled by releasing a context, establishing another, and issuing SCardTransmit with the stale card handle.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	freerdp2	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109944
Debian:13	freerdp3	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109944
Debian:14	freerdp3	3.32.0+dfsg-1	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109944
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	freerdp2	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109944
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	freerdp3	3.32.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109944
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	freerdp3	3.32.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109944

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
FreeRDP	FreeRDP	3.0.0 – before 3.32.0

Weakness: CWE-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f526-rq4j-5ch8) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 Reachable Assertion via Stale Smartcard Handle third-party-advisory