Path traversal in FreeRDP clipboard file names exposes local files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
FreeRDP before 3.32.0 does not reject path separators or parent directory sequences in clipboard file names sent by an RDP server (CWE-22). A malicious server can supply names that point to a local file, so the user's next clipboard paste copies an arbitrary local file readable by the client user instead of the expected remote file. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
FreeRDP before 3.32.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in convert_filedescriptors_to_file_list() in winpr/libwinpr/clipboard/synthetic_file.c, which concatenates server-supplied cFileName values from FileGroupDescriptorW clipboard data into the published local file:// URI without rejecting '/' or '..' sequences. A malicious RDP server can supply '../' sequences so the user's next clipboard paste copies an arbitrary local file readable by the client user instead of the expected remote file.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update FreeRDP to version 3.32.0. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are listed as affected with plan none available.
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-2026-71061 Improper certificate validation in FreeRDP HTTP requestsPriority HIGH 68
- TI-2026-71066 Heap buffer overflow in FreeRDP PKCS#11 key enumerationPriority HIGH 66
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109247
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-cc7x-429h-6pc4
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-15 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
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-2026-109247 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109247 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cc7x-429h-6pc4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-109247 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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