CVE-2022-24882
9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). In versions prior to 2.7.0, NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authentication does not properly abort when someone provides and empty password value. This issue affects FreeRDP based RDP Server implementations. RDP clients are not affected. The vulnerability is patched in FreeRDP 2.7.0. There are currently no known workarounds.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.1 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.85% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2022-04-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedoraproject | extra packages for enterprise linux |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| freerdp | freerdp |
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/7750
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/2.7.0
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-6x5p-gp49-3jhh
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/95
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AELSWWBAM2YONRPGLWVDY6UNTLJERJYL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOYKBQOHSRM7JQYUIYUWFOXI2JZ2J5RD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZWR6KSIKXO4B2TXBB3WH6YTNYHN46OY/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-24
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/pull/7750
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/2.7.0
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-6x5p-gp49-3jhh
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-remote-desktop/-/issues/95
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00034.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AELSWWBAM2YONRPGLWVDY6UNTLJERJYL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOYKBQOHSRM7JQYUIYUWFOXI2JZ2J5RD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZWR6KSIKXO4B2TXBB3WH6YTNYHN46OY/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-24
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