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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72746

🗓️ 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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FreeRDP before 3.30.0 allows unauthenticated remote clients to bypass authentication via a crafted Capabilities PDU in the RDSTLS handshake. CVE-2026-72746.

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11 Aug 202612:17
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CVE-2026-72746
11 Aug 202613:19
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osv
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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
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11 Aug 202613:19
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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72746
13 Aug 202600:00
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PT-2026-70159
11 Aug 202600:00
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
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  script_id(334560);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-72746");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72746");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - 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)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-72746");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-72746");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-72746");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freerdp3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Debian Linux-13", "Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10");

  exit(0);
}

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"},
          {"reference": "winpr3-utils"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "freerdp"},
          {"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
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