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CVE-2026-109676: FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta1 before 3.32.0 Use-After-Free via Smartcard Connect

HighCVSS 8.7 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: FreeRDP FreeRDP 3.32.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to FreeRDP FreeRDP 3.32.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

FreeRDP from 3.0.0-beta1 before 3.32.0 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in smartcard handling that allows attackers to access a freed smartcard handle object after an invalid connect operation. Attackers can trigger an invalid smartcard connect operation to cause reuse of the freed handle, leading to memory corruption or crashes.

Published: Oct 13, 2026
Updated: Nov 2, 2026
EPSS: 0.2% · 18th percentile
CWE: CWE-416

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 34 / 40 · 8.7 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · VulnCheck: 8.7; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
freerdp	freerdp	cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulnCheck). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

FreeRDP FreeRDP
- 3.32.0not affected
- 3.0.0-beta1 and later · before 3.32.0affected · semver

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

freerdp freerdp3.0.0 and later · before 3.32.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
AlmaLinux:10	freerdp	before 2:3.32.2-1.el10_2	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10	freerdp-devel	before 2:3.32.2-1.el10_2	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10	freerdp-libs	before 2:3.32.2-1.el10_2	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10	freerdp-server	before 2:3.32.2-1.el10_2	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10	libwinpr	before 2:3.32.2-1.el10_2	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2
AlmaLinux:10	libwinpr-devel	before 2:3.32.2-1.el10_2	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2
Debian:12	freerdp2	from 0	—
Debian:13	freerdp3	from 0	—
Debian:14	freerdp3	before 3.32.0+dfsg-1	3.32.0+dfsg-1
Rocky Linux:10	freerdp	before 2:3.32.2-1.el10_2	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2

Same product

freerdp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2026-109256Oct 12, 2026 · FreeRDP 3.10.0 through 3.32.2 Heap Buffer Overflow in WinPR PNG Conversion
24Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2026-109257Oct 12, 2026 · FreeRDP before 3.32.0 Double Free via NSCodec plane growth failure
32Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-109677Oct 13, 2026 · FreeRDP 2.0.0-beta1 before 3.28.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via LocateCardsByATRA Handler
28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
FreeRDP FreeRDP	3.32.0	Vendor (CNA)
almalinux:freerdp	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:freerdp-devel	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:freerdp-libs	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:freerdp-server	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:libwinpr	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10	Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:libwinpr-devel	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2 · AlmaLinux:10	Package registry (OSV)
debian:freerdp3	3.32.0+dfsg-1 · Debian:14	Package registry (OSV)
rocky linux:freerdp	2:3.32.2-1.el10_2 · Rocky Linux:10	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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PublishedOct 13, 2026
Fix recordedOct 13, 2026same day
TodayNov 13, 2026+31 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Credits

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alexdowadreporter
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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-12195322 days apartFreeRDP before 3.32.2 Use-After-Free via rdpgfx Dynamic Virtual Channel Close
37Monitor
CVE-2026-12195522 days apartFreeRDP before 3.32.2 Use-After-Free in Smartcard Emulation ReleaseContext
34Monitor
CVE-2026-6729973 days apartFreeRDP before 3.29.0 Use-After-Free via WindowIcon async message
34Monitor
CVE-2026-6730073 days apartFreeRDP before 3.29.0 Use-After-Free via async message proxy
34Monitor
CVE-2026-24677246 days apartFreeRDP has a heap-buffer-overflow in ecam_encoder_compress_h264
34Monitor
CVE-2026-24684246 days apartFreeRDP has a Heap-use-after-free in play_thread
34Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: P
Scope: X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-416 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1free(dev->buf);
2/* ... another thread is still running ... */
3process(dev->buf);

Fixed

1lock(&dev->lock);
2free(dev->buf);
3dev->buf = NULL;
4unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

SSVC exploitation— → noneOct 14, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC
Exploit maturity— → noneOct 13, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC
Fix✗ → ✓Oct 13, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC

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References

github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-369h-7h2p-4685

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www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-beta1-before-3.32.0-use-after-free-via-smartcard-connect

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