{"id":"CVE-2026-109243","title":"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","summary":"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 en…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.4,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-732","CWE-378"],"published":"2026-10-12","updated":"2026-10-13","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-13T20:39:48.767","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109243","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q9p9-j22r-577p","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-3.0.0-before-3.32.0-insecure-permissions-on-soft-smartcard-private-key-file","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-q9p9-j22r-577p","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-109243.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-109243"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2549810"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109243"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109243"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00135,"epssPercentile":0.02967,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-12T18:00:08.173Z","vendor":"Red Hat","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","affected":["enterprise_linux 10"],"exploitAvailable":true,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"poc","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-13T15:26:24.638545Z"},"slug":"CVE-2026-109243","body":"## Overview\n\nFreeRDP 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · updated 2026-10-13 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-109243.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":24.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":220941,"id":"CVE-2026-109243","ts":1792026931443,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}