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.
CVE-2026-26955
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(low)
- EPSS
- 41.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 25, 2026
Last Modified
June 30, 2026
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Jun 30, 2026Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6395Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6385Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6384Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6005Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6004Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5939Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5936Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19033Out-of-bounds Write in freerdp · Advisory · FreeRDP/FreeRDP · GitHub
Affected: 3.21.0. Those fixes hardened the
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mr6w-ch7c-mqqjcommit 7d8fdce2d0ef (FreeRDP/FreeRDP)
Fix landed in FreeRDP/FreeRDP commit 7d8fdce2d0ef — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/7d8fdce2d0ef337cb86cb37fc0c436c905e04d77Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-26955(8)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:19033Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:7292Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:6385Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:6384Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:6005Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:6004Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:5939Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
- RHSA-2026:5936Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Patch Availability(15)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | winpr3-utils (3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3) @ questing | 2026-06-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | freerdp-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.2 | 2026-05-19 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-0:2.1.1-5.el7_9.5 | 2026-04-09 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.3 | 2026-04-07 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.2.0-10.el8_4 | 2026-04-06 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.3 | 2026-04-06 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.8 | 2026-04-06 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.2-1.el9_4.3 | 2026-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.4.1-3.el9_0.2 | 2026-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.4.1-6.el9_2.4 | 2026-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.7-1.el9_6.5 | 2026-04-01 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.7-4.el8_10 | 2026-03-30 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:2.11.7-1.el9_7.3 | 2026-03-30 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:3.10.3-3.el10_0.3 | 2026-03-26 | redhat |
| redhat | freerdp-2:3.10.3-5.el10_1.3 | 2026-03-26 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(7)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2026:6395IMPORTANT2026-02-25
RHSA-2026:6395 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:6396IMPORTANT2026-02-25
RHSA-2026:6396 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:6616IMPORTANT2026-02-25
RHSA-2026:6616 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:6665IMPORTANT2026-02-25
RHSA-2026:6665 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:6712IMPORTANT2026-02-25
RHSA-2026:6712 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:6764IMPORTANT2026-02-25
RHSA-2026:6764 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-8105-1MEDIUM
FreeRDP vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 19× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 04:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-30 04:41 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-06-30 04:31 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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