What is CVE-2026-72746?

CVE-2026-72746 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-72746?

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

Auth bypass in Freerdp

CVE-2026-72746

FreeRDP before 3.30.0 contains a server-side authentication bypass in the RDSTLS handshake. When a server is configured with RdstlsSecurity = TRUE, the handshake dispatches inbound PDUs based solely on the attacker-supplied wire pduType wi…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72746?: CVE-2026-72746 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freerdp, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-72746?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.