{"id":"CVE-2026-109944","title":"FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 does not remove card handles when Emulate_SCardReleaseContext releases a smartcard-emulation context, so Emulate_SCardTransmit later looks up the deleted parent context and reaches a terminating WINPR_ASSERT","summary":"FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 does not remove card handles when Emulate_SCardReleaseContext releases a smartcard-emulation context, so Emulate_SCardTransmit later looks up the deleted parent context and reaches a terminating WINPR_ASSERT. …","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-617"],"published":"2026-10-13","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T17:17:32.557","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109944","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-f526-rq4j-5ch8","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-reachable-assertion-via-stale-smartcard-handle","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T14:29:01.850Z","slug":"CVE-2026-109944","body":"## Overview\n\nFreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 does not remove card handles when Emulate_SCardReleaseContext releases a smartcard-emulation context, so Emulate_SCardTransmit later looks up the deleted parent context and reaches a terminating WINPR_ASSERT. A malicious RDP server can crash a connecting client with smartcard emulation and redirection enabled by releasing a context, establishing another, and issuing SCardTransmit with the stale card handle.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":35.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}