CVE-2026-72746

freerdp3: FreeRDP before 3.30.0 contains a server-side authentication bypass in the RDSTLS handshake

CVE-2026-72746 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72746, released August 13, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
n/a
important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
n/a

FreeRDP before 3.30.0 contains a server-side authentication bypass in the RDSTLS handshake. When a server is configured with RdstlsSecurity = TRUE, the handshake dispatches inbound PDUs based solely on the attacker-supplied wire pduType without verifying that the received PDU is the one required at the current step. Because the rdpRdstls object is calloc-zeroed, its resultCode defaults to 0 (RDSTLS_RESULT_SUCCESS). An unauthenticated remote client can send a Capabilities PDU instead of the required Authentication Request PDU; rdstls_process_capabilities() returns success without ever setting resultCode, so the server responds with an AUTHRSP carrying resultCode SUCCESS and treats the session as authenticated without evaluating any password, redirection GUID, or auto-reconnect cookie. This affects the released FreeRDP 3.x series (e.g., 3.27.1) and master HEAD; at the time of the advisory no patched version was available.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
freerdp · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp-debugsource · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp-devel · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp-libs · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp-libs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp-server · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp-server-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
freerdp3 · Debian 14 3.30.0+dfsg-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72746 Aug 13, 2026
libwinpr · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
libwinpr-debuginfo · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026
libwinpr-devel · amzn 2023 2:3.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.15 ALAS2023-2026-2111 Aug 31, 2026

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