Bug 2560778 - CVE-2026-109949 freerdp: FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 PIN Brute-Force via Virtual Smartcard [fedora-43]
Summary: CVE-2026-109949 freerdp: FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 PIN Brute-Force via Virt...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: freerdp
Version: 43
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
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Assignee: Simone Caronni
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["6d4139bf-2e47-4061-96d1-c...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-109949
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Reported: 2026-10-26 14:33 UTC by Srikanth Balasubramanian
Modified: 2026-11-02 13:55 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-11-02 13:55:58 UTC
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Description Srikanth Balasubramanian 2026-10-26 14:33:31 UTC
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FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in its virtual smartcard GIDS implementation, which stores the PIN retry counter per-handle. A malicious RDP server can exhaust the counter with VERIFY APDUs, then request a new SCardConnect to reset attempts, enabling unbounded online brute-forcing of the configured smartcard PIN.

Comment 1 Ondrej Holy 2026-11-02 13:55:58 UTC
This issue is fixed in FreeRDP 3.32.0. Fedora currently ships freerdp 3.32.2 in all supported branches (F43, F44, F45 and Rawhide), so this flaw is no longer present. Closing as ERRATA.


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