High severity · published Feb 25, 2026
CVE-2026-26955
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.23.0, a malicious RDP server can trigger a heap buffer overflow in FreeRDP clients using the GDI surface pipeline (e.g., `xfreerdp`) by sending an RDPGFX ClearCodec surface command with an out-of-bounds destination rectangle. The `gdi_SurfaceCommand_ClearCodec()` handler does not call `is_within_surface()` to validate the command rectangle against the destination surface dimensions, allowing attacker-controlled `cmd->left`/`cmd->top` (and subcodec rectangle offsets) to reach image copy routines that write into `surface->data` without bounds enforcement. The OOB write corrupts an adjacent `gdiGfxSurface` struct's `codecs*` pointer with attacker-controlled pixel data, and corruption of `codecs*` is sufficient to reach an indirect function pointer call (`NSC_CONTEXT.decode` at `nsc.c:500`) on a subsequent codec command — full instruction pointer (RIP) control demonstrated in exploitability harness. Users should upgrade to version 3.23.0 to receive a patch.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freerdp · Freerdp
before 3.23.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26955
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26955
Patch
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/7d8fdce2d0ef337cb86cb37fc0c436c905e04d77
Exploit
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mr6w-ch7c-mqqj
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19033
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5936
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5939
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6004
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