CVE-2026-67288

A flaw was found in FreeRDP. When smartcard emulation is enabled, a remote attacker can send specially crafted smartcard cache requests to a FreeRDP client. This can lead to a null pointer dereference, causing the client process to terminate and disrupting active remote desktop sessions.

A Moderate denial of service flaw affects FreeRDP in Red Hat products. When smartcard emulation is enabled, a remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed smartcard cache requests, leading to a null pointer dereference and subsequent termination of the FreeRDP client process. This can disrupt active remote desktop sessions for affected users.

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If smartcard redirection/emulation is unused, do not enable it (omit /smartcard and /smartcard-logon, or start with /smartcard:off). Only connect FreeRDP clients to trusted RDP endpoints