{"id":"CVE-2026-109949","title":"FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in its virtual smartcard GIDS implementation, which stores the PIN retry counter per-handle","summary":"FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in its virtual smartcard GIDS implementation, which stores the PIN retry counter per-handle. A malicious RDP server can exhaust the counter…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-307"],"published":"2026-10-13","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T17:17:32.670","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109949","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-chh2-527f-x255","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-pin-brute-force-via-virtual-smartcard","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-13T14:29:01.852Z","slug":"CVE-2026-109949","body":"## Overview\n\nFreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts in its virtual smartcard GIDS implementation, which stores the PIN retry counter per-handle. A malicious RDP server can exhaust the counter with VERIFY APDUs, then request a new SCardConnect to reset attempts, enabling unbounded online brute-forcing of the configured smartcard PIN.\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":[]}