Bug 2510318 - CVE-2026-66402 freerdp2: FreeRDP: Server Identity Verification Bypass via TLS Certificate Validation Weaknesses [epel-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-66402 freerdp2: FreeRDP: Server Identity Verification Bypass via TLS...
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: freerdp2
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Neal Gompa
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Blocks: CVE-2026-66402
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Reported: 2026-08-03 07:53 UTC by Ganesh
Modified: 2026-08-03 07:53 UTC (History)
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Description Ganesh 2026-08-03 07:53:49 UTC
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FreeRDP before 3.29.0 (affected versions <= 3.28.0) contains multiple TLS certificate identity validation weaknesses in tls_verify_certificate(), tls_match_hostname(), and x509_utils_get_dns_names(). Because FreeRDP performs custom Common Name and DNS SAN string matching instead of using OpenSSL's length-aware identity validation APIs, it (1) truncates DNS SAN values at embedded NUL bytes (accepting e.g. 'victim.example\0.attacker.example' as 'victim.example'), (2) accepts a matching Common Name even when non-matching DNS SAN entries are present, and (3) accepts IP-literal targets via DNS/CN matching without comparing iPAddress SANs. Under a trusted or misissued certificate chain, an attacker positioned to present such a certificate can bypass server identity verification, weakening TLS server authentication.


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