Vulnerability in FreeRDP

[ Description ]Official description

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the shadow server that allows authenticated RDP clients to spin server threads by sending zero-length drdynvc DATA PDUs. Attackers can send empty DATA messages on opened audin or rdpgfx channels, so that FreeRDP_WTSVirtualChannelRead never consumes them, consuming full CPU cores until disconnect.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund19 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4039

  FreeRDP: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-121412CVE-2026-121407CVE-2026-121400+20 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-fqcj-rwww-2498Vendor Advisory
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-3.32.2-shadow-server-cpu-exhaustion-via-zer…Third Party Advisory