If a situation or action is fraught with problems or risks, it is filled with them. The earliest operations employing this technique were fraught with dangers. If you say that a situation or action is fraught, you mean that it is worrisome or difficult.

What does fraught with difficulty mean?

full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers: The negotiations have been fraught with difficulties/problems right from the start.

What does the phrase fraught with mean?

: full of (something bad or unwanted) The situation was fraught with danger.