CVE-2026-109243
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
FreeRDP from 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 contains an incorrect permission assignment vulnerability that allows local users to read private keys written by crypto_write_pem without owner-only permissions. Attackers on multi-user Unix hosts can enumerate the shared temporary directory during soft-smartcard logon to read the world-readable PKINIT private-key copy.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
4.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-12 17:17:15.180000
Last modified
2026-11-02 20:46:17.417000
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