Bug 2565970 (CVE-2026-121396)

Summary: CVE-2026-121396 freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via malformed RTS authentication padding
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A flaw was found in FreeRDP. A remote attacker operating a malicious Remote Desktop (RD) Gateway can cause a denial of service (DoS) by sending a crafted Request to Send (RTS) packet with malformed authentication padding. When parsed, this invalid padding triggers an internal assertion failure that abruptly terminates the connecting client process. This flaw only affects FreeRDP clients built with the WITH_VERBOSE_WINPR_ASSERT flag enabled.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-03 17:05:41 UTC
FreeRDP clients from 3.0.0 before 3.32.2 built with verbose WinPR assertions contain a reachable assertion in rts_read_auth_verifier triggered by malformed RTS padding. Attackers controlling an RD Gateway can send a crafted RPC-over-HTTP RTS PDU with inconsistent authentication padding to abort the connecting client process.