High severity · published Aug 1, 2026
CVE-2026-67298
FreeRDP 3.28.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via RAIL orderLength Underflow
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeRDP versions 3.28.0 and earlier contain a heap buffer overflow in the server-side RAIL channel handler (rail_server_handle_messages() in channels/rail/server/rail_main.c). When processing a RAIL PDU header, the code subtracts RAIL_PDU_HEADER_LENGTH from the peer-controlled orderLength field without first verifying orderLength is at least the header length. For orderLength values 0..3 this causes an unsigned integer underflow to a very large size, which bypasses the Stream_EnsureRemainingCapacity() capacity check (due to pointer arithmetic wraparound) and is then passed to WTSVirtualChannelRead(), resulting in an out-of-bounds heap write. A malicious or compromised RDP client can exploit this to corrupt the heap and crash the server. Fixed in FreeRDP 3.29.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
FreeRDP · FreeRDP
before 3.29.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-67298
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-67298
github.com
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/46848765f2a1134f8652f8760eefb5e85d64a9b8
github.com
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/5370fb26fbf034ecd11d3026b6ad639b5fff493f
github.com
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-qmvw-52ph-q5pv
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-heap-buffer-overflow-via-rail-orderlength-underflow
github.com
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5wr6-8m8j-3h7f
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