CVE-2026-109942
A malicious or compromised RD Gateway can send an eight-byte CLOSE_CHANNEL header to crash a connecting FreeRDP client.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FreeRDP 2.3.0 before 3.32.0 dereferences a NULL stream in rdg_process_close_packet in libfreerdp/core/gateway/rdg.c because rdg_process_control_packet accepts a header-only PKT_TYPE_CLOSE_CHANNEL packet and passes the null payload without a check. A malicious or compromised RD Gateway can send an eight-byte CLOSE_CHANNEL header to crash a connecting FreeRDP client.
- CVSS 4.0
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/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/M
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- freerdp/freerdp
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS moved from 0.3% on 14 October 2026 to 0.3% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-f46f-pxh9-w2rhExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-2.3.0-before-3.32.0-null-pointer-dereference-via-rd-gateway-close-channel-packetThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-f46f-pxh9-w2rhExploit, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.