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.
History

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 PIN Brute-Force via Virtual Smartcard
First Time appeared Freerdp
Freerdp freerdp
Weaknesses CWE-307
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Freerdp
Freerdp freerdp
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-13T13:27:15.776Z

Updated: 2026-10-13T16:43:58.209Z

Reserved: 2026-10-13T11:25:25.213Z

Link: CVE-2026-109949

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T16:21:54.217Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-13T14:17:33.410

Modified: 2026-10-21T14:25:16.543

Link: CVE-2026-109949

cve-icon Redhat

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