CVE-2026-67304
Null-pointer crash in FreeRDP via malformed smartcard reader-state requests
Is CVE-2026-67304 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-67304 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-67304?
CVE-2026-67304 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-67304?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-67304. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-67304 affect?
CVE-2026-67304 affects FreeRDP < 3.29.0, Applications/clients linking FreeRDP (RDP clients, thin clients, remote access tools). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-67304?
Upgrade to FreeRDP 3.29.0+ and block or validate untrusted smartcard IRP traffic.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote denial-of-service: crafted smartcard IRP with truncated reader-state triggers null pointer deref and crashes FreeRDP processes.
Patch when possible
- affected< 3.29.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.