Description
FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in rdg_process_control_packet that allows a malicious RD Gateway to exhaust client CPU by sending an incomplete keepalive control packet. Attackers completing the RDG tunnel-open exchange then send an eight-byte header with packetLength 0xFFFF and withhold the body, causing an unbounded no-progress read loop that spins one client thread at full CPU.
Published: 2026-11-03
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in rdg_process_control_packet that allows a malicious RD Gateway to exhaust client CPU by sending an incomplete keepalive control packet. Attackers completing the RDG tunnel-open exchange then send an eight-byte header with packetLength 0xFFFF and withhold the body, causing an unbounded no-progress read loop that spins one client thread at full CPU.
Title FreeRDP before 3.32.2 CPU Exhaustion via RDG Control Packet
First Time appeared Freerdp
Freerdp freerdp
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Freerdp
Freerdp freerdp
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T18:31:06.684Z

Reserved: 2026-11-03T12:27:30.907Z

Link: CVE-2026-121400

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-03T17:51:57.134Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-11-03T15:17:28.177

Modified: 2026-11-03T19:18:01.860

Link: CVE-2026-121400

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-03T17:45:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-835

    Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')