# CVE-2026-67288: FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Denial of Service via smartcard cache

> Attackers can crash the FreeRDP client by sending crafted smartcard cache requests with null pointers when smartcard emulation is enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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:** 1 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67288, GHSA-hq8h-rvcv-jvh4, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67288

## What is CVE-2026-67288?

CVE-2026-67288 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 1 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability in smartcard cache request decoders that accept NULL NDR pointers for LookupName in SCARD_IOCTL_READCACHEA and SCARD_IOCTL_WRITECACHEA operations. When smartcard emulation is enabled, attackers can send crafted smartcard cache requests with NULL lookup-name pointers to trigger strlen() on a null pointer, causing client process termination.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-67288?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freerdp Freerdp.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-67288?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-67288 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-67288 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-2026-67288 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-67288 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 1 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-67288 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-2026-67288/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-67288/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67288
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67288
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-67288

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-67288/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.