Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-73242
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-73242 | 11 Aug 202619:49 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2026-73242 | 11 Aug 202619:49 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-73242 FreeRDP: Kerberos GSS Wrap-token `EC` field is unbounded, causing an out-of-bounds decrypt in `kerberos_DecryptMessage` | 11 Aug 202619:49 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-73242 | 11 Aug 202619:49 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-56935 | 11 Aug 202619:49 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-73242 | 11 Aug 202620:18 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2026-72745 FreeRDP before 3.30.0 Out-of-Bounds Read via Kerberos GSS Wrap-token EC | 11 Aug 202612:16 | – | osv | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2026-73242 | 11 Aug 202620:18 | – | osv | |
| CVE-2026-73242 | 12 Aug 202615:51 | – | redhatcve | |
| CVE-2026-73242 FreeRDP: Kerberos GSS Wrap-token `EC` field is unbounded, causing an out-of-bounds decrypt in `kerberos_DecryptMessage` | 11 Aug 202619:49 | – | vulnrichment |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| access | www.access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-73242 |
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-73242 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
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patch available.
- FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.30.0, FreeRDP's
winpr/libwinpr/sspi/Kerberos/kerberos.c kerberos_DecryptMessage function fails to bound the peer-
controlled GSS Wrap-token EC field before using it with RRC in IOV pointer offsets, allowing a malicious
RDP peer to trigger out-of-bounds reads and in-place writes during CredSSP/NLA Kerberos decryption. This
issue is fixed in version 3.30.0. (CVE-2026-73242)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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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');
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"package_manager": "dpkg-l",
"constraints": [
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"release": "11",
"pkgs": [
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{"reference": "freerdp2-shadow-x11"},
{"reference": "freerdp2-wayland"},
{"reference": "freerdp2-x11"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-client2-2"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-server2-2"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-shadow-subsystem2-2"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp-shadow2-2"},
{"reference": "libfreerdp2-2"},
{"reference": "libuwac0-0"},
{"reference": "libuwac0-dev"},
{"reference": "libwinpr-tools2-2"},
{"reference": "libwinpr2-2"},
{"reference": "libwinpr2-dev"},
{"reference": "winpr-utils"}
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}
]
},
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{"reference": "freerdp2-dev"},
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{"reference": "freerdp2-wayland"},
{"reference": "freerdp2-x11"},
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{"reference": "libfreerdp-server2-2"},
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{"reference": "libfreerdp2-2"},
{"reference": "libuwac0-0"},
{"reference": "libuwac0-dev"},
{"reference": "libwinpr-tools2-2"},
{"reference": "libwinpr2-2"},
{"reference": "libwinpr2-dev"},
{"reference": "winpr-utils"}
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},
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{"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"},
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{"reference": "libfreerdp-server3-3"},
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{"reference": "libwinpr3-3"},
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}
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};
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_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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