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CVE-2022-24883

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24883 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in FreeRDP, affecting RDP server implementations that use FreeRDP for SAM file authentication. If a server is configured with an invalid SAM file path, an attacker can successfully authenticate with invalid credentials, potentially gaining full control over the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100 indicates its potential severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freerdp:freerdp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-24883Moderate

freerdp: Server Side Auth Against a SAM File May Succeed for Invalid Creds

Apr 22, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00016.html
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/4661492e5a617199457c8074bad22f766a116cdc
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/6f473b273a4b6f0cb6aca32b95e22fd0de88e144
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/releases/tag/2.7.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-qxm3-v2r6-vmwf
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/11/msg00010.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AELSWWBAM2YONRPGLWVDY6UNTLJERJYL
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DOYKBQOHSRM7JQYUIYUWFOXI2JZ2J5RD
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PZWR6KSIKXO4B2TXBB3WH6YTNYHN46OY
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202210-24
Third Party Advisory