CVE-2026-121392 PUBLISHED

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 Certificate Identity Validation Bypass via tls_verify_certificate

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 03.11.2026 Published: 03.11.2026 Updated: 03.11.2026

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability in tls_verify_certificate() that accepts Common Name fallback despite non-matching SAN entries and matches IP literals against DNS strings. Man-in-the-middle attackers holding a certificate from a client-trusted CA can bypass server identity checks to intercept RDP sessions, including keystrokes, clipboard, and screen content.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor FreeRDP
Product FreeRDP
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.32.2 (excl.)
  • Version 3.32.2 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Certificate Validation CWE