# CVE-2026-109940: FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta1 before 3.32.0 Stack Buffer Overflow via PKCS#11 Key Name

> A stack buffer overflow in FreeRDP's PKCS#11 provider allows attackers to cause a crash via malicious tokens, requiring PKCS#11 support enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 13 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-109940, GHSA-9579-j8rw-69mx, GHSA-g8jw-gv54-r94p, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-109940

## What is CVE-2026-109940?

CVE-2026-109940 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 13 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta1 before 3.32.0 on Unix builds with PKCS#11 support has a stack-based buffer overflow in wprintKeyName() in WinPR's NCrypt PKCS#11 provider. It hex-encodes a key's CKA_ID, which can be up to 64 bytes, into a fixed 128-byte stack buffer. An attacker supplying a malicious PKCS#11 token or module whose key and matching certificate use a 55- to 64-byte CKA_ID can overflow the client's stack during key enumeration, causing a crash.

Weakness: CWE-121 (Stack-based Buffer Overflow)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-109940?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freerdp Freerdp.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-109940?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-109940 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-109940 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Freerdp Freerdp

- [CVE-2021-37594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37594/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37595/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-67305](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-67305/): FreeRDP Windows Client before 3.29.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via Cliprdr (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-66402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-66402/): FreeRDP before 3.29.0 TLS Certificate Identity Validation Bypass (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-67289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-67289/): FreeRDP before 3.29.0 HTTP Proxy Request Injection via Redirection (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-109940 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-109940 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 13 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-109940 exists.

Affected product: Freerdp Freerdp. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109940/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109940
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109940
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-109940

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-109940/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.