Improper Authentication Affecting freerdp/freerdp package, versions [,3.30.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-19352854
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed11 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-72746  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freerdp/freerdp to version 3.30.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication in the rdstls_process_capabilities process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by sending a Capabilities PDU instead of the required Authentication Request PDU during the RDSTLS handshake, causing the server to treat the session as authenticated without verifying credentials.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1