Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72746
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-72746 | 11 Aug 202612:17 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2026-72746 | 11 Aug 202612:17 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-72746 | 11 Aug 202612:17 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-72746 | 11 Aug 202612:17 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-56136 | 11 Aug 202612:17 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-72746 | 11 Aug 202613:19 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2026-73241 FreeRDP: RDSTLS server authentication bypass: a credential-less Capabilities PDU is accepted at the auth step (fail-open `resultCode`) | 11 Aug 202619:47 | – | osv | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72746 | 11 Aug 202613:19 | – | osv | |
| UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72746 | 13 Aug 202600:00 | – | osv | |
| PT-2026-70159 | 11 Aug 202600:00 | – | ptsecurity |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| access | www.access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-72746 |
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-72746 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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- 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 without verifying that the received PDU is the one required at the current
step. Because the rdpRdstls object is calloc-zeroed, its resultCode defaults to 0 (RDSTLS_RESULT_SUCCESS).
An unauthenticated remote client can send a Capabilities PDU instead of the required Authentication
Request PDU; rdstls_process_capabilities() returns success without ever setting resultCode, so the server
responds with an AUTHRSP carrying resultCode SUCCESS and treats the session as authenticated without
evaluating any password, redirection GUID, or auto-reconnect cookie. This affects the released FreeRDP 3.x
series (e.g., 3.27.1) and master HEAD; at the time of the advisory no patched version was available.
(CVE-2026-72746)
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"Debian Linux-13": {
"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "13",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "freerdp3-dev"},
{"reference": "freerdp3-proxy"},
{"reference": "freerdp3-proxy-modules"},
{"reference": "freerdp3-sdl"},
{"reference": "freerdp3-shadow-x11"},
{"reference": "freerdp3-wayland"},
{"reference": "freerdp3-x11"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-client3-3"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-server-proxy3-3"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-server3-3"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem3-3"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-shadow3-3"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp3-3"},
{"reference": "libwinpr-tools3-3"},
{"reference": "libwinpr3-3"},
{"reference": "libwinpr3-dev"},
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{"reference": "freerdp-devel"},
{"reference": "freerdp-libs"},
{"reference": "freerdp-server"},
{"reference": "libwinpr"},
{"reference": "libwinpr-devel"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
var vendor;
foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
}
}
}
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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12 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
EPSS0.00435