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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERDPFREERDP-21192119
  • published18 Oct 2026
  • disclosed11 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-73241  (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_server_authenticate process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by sending a specially crafted RDSTLS_TYPE_CAPABILITIES PDU during the authentication step, bypassing checks for RedirectionGuid, username, domain, or password.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1