CVE-2026-114046 FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 null-pointer dereference via emulated smartcard
High 7.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-114046 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-114046 is a high-severity vulnerability in FreeRDP, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-114046 exists.
Affected product: 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-2026-114046/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114046/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-114046?
CVE-2026-114046 is a high-severity vulnerability in FreeRDP, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Official description
FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains a null-pointer dereference in the smartcard emulation backend that accepts a null per-reader name in SCardGetStatusChange requests. A malicious RDP server can send a crafted reader-state entry with a null szReader, causing strcmp or _wcscmp to crash the client process.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-114046?
How do I fix CVE-2026-114046?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-114046 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-114046 exists.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-114046, GHSA-546m-xj3q-7gh4, GHSA-q6pp-28g8-xqjc, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-114046.