# CVE-2026-110838: FreeRDP shadow before 3.32.0 Pre-Authentication Input Injection via Confirm Active bypass

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject keyboard input into the host user's session by bypassing authentication checks in the FreeRDP shadow server.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110838, GHSA-5xxg-89r9-vf9v, GHSA-m998-cvfm-9444, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110838

## What is CVE-2026-110838?

CVE-2026-110838 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 14 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

FreeRDP shadow server from 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 dispatches input PDUs during the Confirm Active state before authentication, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject keyboard input. Attackers can negotiate TLS-only RDP and send an input PDU without Confirm Active to inject synthetic keystrokes into the host user's X11 session via XTEST.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-110838?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freerdp Freerdp.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-110838?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-110838 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-110838 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2026-110838 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-110838 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 14 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-110838 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2026-110838/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-110838/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110838
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110838
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-110838

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-110838/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.