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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-44422 json

FreeRDP RDPEAR NDR ref-id aliasing causes client-side UAF/double-free and type confusion

published 2026-05-29 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-27 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-33434

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's RDPEAR NDR parser accepts one non-null NDR pointer ref-id for multiple logical pointer fields without tracking the pointed object's expected NDR type or ownership. When the same ref-id is reused across two pointer fields, the parser assigns the same heap object to both output fields. The generic destructor later walks each field independently and destroys/frees both pointers. This causes a malicious-server-triggerable heap use-after-free / double-free in the FreeRDP client's RDPEAR authentication-redirection path. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.26.0.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • freerdp3 Debian 14 3.26.0+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44422

  • freerdp3 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • freerdp3 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44422

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • freerdp RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • libwinpr RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • freerdp-libs RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • freerdp-server RHEL 10.2 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • freerdp enterprise linux eus 10.0 2:3.10.3-3.el10_0.9
  • libwinpr enterprise linux eus 10.0 2:3.10.3-3.el10_0.9
  • freerdp-libs enterprise linux eus 10.0 2:3.10.3-3.el10_0.9
  • freerdp-server enterprise linux eus 10.0 2:3.10.3-3.el10_0.9

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:46393RHSA-2026:36203

  • freerdp SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 3.10.3-150700.3.17.1
  • freerdp SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 3.26.0-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:3562-1SUSE-SU-2026:22194-1

  • freerdp openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.26.0-160000.1.1
  • freerdp openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.26.0-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21116-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10948-1

  • freerdp AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • libwinpr AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • freerdp-libs AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
  • freerdp-server AlmaLinux 10 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:36203

  • freerdp Rocky Linux 10 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.6

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:36203

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-44422 updated cvss 7.5

freerdp: FreeRDP: Arbitrary code execution or denial of service via heap use-after-free in RDPEAR NDR parser

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freerdp, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) freerdp 3.10.3-12.el10_2.6, libwinpr 3.10.3-12.el10_2.6, freerdp-libs 3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36203
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0) freerdp 3.10.3-3.el10_0.9, libwinpr 3.10.3-3.el10_0.9, freerdp-libs 3.10.3-3.el10_0.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:46393
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) freerdp-server 3.10.3-12.el10_2.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:36203
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) freerdp-server 3.10.3-3.el10_0.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:46393
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs, freerdp-plugins Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 freerdp, libwinpr, freerdp-libs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-j9q5-7g8m-jc9v referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • FreeRDP FreeRDP
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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