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Improper certificate validation in FreeRDP HTTP requests

Priority HIGH 68CWE-295Published · Updated

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

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00234 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial FreeRDP (FreeRDP): 3.32.0Red Hat: 1 without a fix

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FreeRDPFreeRDP3.0.0 to before 3.32.03.32.0Patch availableCNA
  • FreeRDP VendorFreeRDP Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.32.0 Fixed in 3.32.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 to before 3.32.0VulnerableFreeRDP
  • cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 to before 3.32.0 Vulnerable ·FreeRDP

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 →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo 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

  1. 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109245
  2. 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-p9p8-552v-g7hc
  3. 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  6. 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  7. 2026-10-13 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
  8. 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

  • 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
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Sources