CVE-2026-72745: FreeRDP before 3.30.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via Kerberos GSS Wrap-token EC

Published Aug 11, 2026
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Updated

FreeRDP before 3.30.0 contains an out-of-bounds vulnerability in kerberosDecryptMessage() (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 pointer arithmetic to locate the encrypted regions without being bounds-checked, while only RRC and the total buffer length are validated. A malicious peer (server or client) can supply a large EC value (up to 0xFFFF) during CredSSP/NLA authentication, moving the decrypt operation's base pointers past the end of the ~60-byte token buffer. Because the AES-CTS-HMAC enctypes decrypt in place before the HMAC integrity check, this results in an out-of-bounds read and in-place out-of-bounds write, potentially leading to information disclosure, memory corruption, or denial of service.

Event History

Aug 11, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:16 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:16 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
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