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CVE-2026-121955VulnerabilityPublished Updated

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in Emulate_SCardReleaseContext that frees the emulated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-121955· High 8.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High · fixed in 3.32.2 : patch freerdp soon.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 05:04 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.08.7
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.17.5
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.32.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSfreerdppkg:deb/ubuntu/freerdp?arch=source&distro=bionicOther threatsAffected
  • =1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1
  • =1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.1
  • =1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2
Fixed in–
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSfreerdppkg:deb/ubuntu/freerdp?arch=source&distro=xenialOther threatsAffected
  • 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 – 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4
4 affected builds
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Upgrade FreeRDP to version 3.32.2 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the vulnerability is fixed in 3.32.2, applying this official patch fully mitigates the issue.

Description

FreeRDP versions before 3.32.2 have a use-after-free vulnerability in the Emulate_SCardReleaseContext function. This flaw occurs because the emulated SCardContext is freed before its worker thread is properly cancelled and joined. A malicious server can exploit this by sending specific smartcard IRPs to cause heap corruption or crash clients using smartcard emulation.

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