What is CVE-2026-72745?

CVE-2026-72745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-72745?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Freerdp

CVE-2026-72745

FreeRDP before 3.30.0 contains an out-of-bounds vulnerability in kerberos_DecryptMessage() (winpr/libwinpr/sspi/Kerberos/kerberos.c). The 16-bit EC (extra count) field of a peer-supplied GSS Wrap token (RFC 4121) is used directly in pointe…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Freerdp — versions 0, 3.30.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72745?: CVE-2026-72745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-72745?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.