Improper certificate validation in FreeRDP HTTP requests
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
FreeRDP from 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 has improper certificate validation (CWE-295) in freerdp_http_request(), which completes TLS handshakes without verifying the server certificate chain. An on-path attacker can impersonate login.microsoftonline.com in the Azure AD authentication flow, capture OAuth authorization codes and substitute the OpenID discovery document. An exploit link is listed in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in freerdp_http_request() in libfreerdp/utils/http.c that completes TLS handshakes without verifying the server certificate chain. On-path attackers can impersonate login.microsoftonline.com in the Azure AD authentication flow to capture OAuth authorization codes and substitute the OpenID discovery document.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade FreeRDP to version 3.32.0. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is affected, and the sources list no fixed version for it.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
- Fix · CNA FreeRDP (FreeRDP) Fixed in 3.32.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
FreeRDP 3.32.0
15 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 8 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71073 Double free in FreeRDP NSCodec context initializationPriority HIGH 69
- TI-2026-71066 Heap buffer overflow in FreeRDP PKCS#11 key enumerationPriority HIGH 66
- TI-2026-71064 Out-of-bounds read in FreeRDP clipboard file list handlingPriority MEDIUM 64
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109245
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-p9p8-552v-g7hc
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
More Freerdp vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-85092 Use-after-free in FreeRDP rdpgfx channel close handling CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-85091 Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP proxy via bitmap cache v2 capability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-24435 FreeRDP has a `size_t` underflow in ADPCM decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow write CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-21373 Out-Of-Bounds Write in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08692 Server side NTLM does not properly check parameters in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-21374 Out-Of-Bounds Read in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-109245 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109245 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p9p8-552v-g7hc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-109245 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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