CVE-2026-26965
FreeRDP has Out-of-bounds Write
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.8 High
- Published
- Feb 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 16, 2026
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.23.0, in the RLE planar decode path, `planar_decompress_plane_rle()` writes into `pDstData` at `((nYDst+y) * nDstStep) + (4*nXDst) + nChannel` without verifying that `(nYDst+nSrcHeight)` fits in the destination height or that `(nXDst+nSrcWidth)` fits in the destination stride. When `TempFormat != DstFormat`, `pDstData` becomes `planar->pTempData` (sized for the desktop), while `nYDst` is only validated against the **surface** by `is_within_surface()`. A malicious RDP server can exploit this to perform a heap out-of-bounds write with attacker-controlled offset and pixel data on any connecting FreeRDP client. The OOB write reaches up to 132,096 bytes past the temp buffer end, and on the brk heap (desktop ≤ 128×128), an adjacent `NSC_CONTEXT` struct's `decode` function pointer is overwritten with attacker-controlled pixel data — control-flow–relevant corruption (function pointer overwritten) demonstrated under deterministic heap layout (`nsc->decode = 0xFF414141FF414141`). Version 3.23.0 fixes the vulnerability.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat-SADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FreeRDPFreeRDP |
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References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-5vgf-mw4f-r33h
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/a0be5cb87d760bb1c803ad1bb835aa1e73e62abc
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26965vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2442959issue-tracking
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-26965.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7292vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5936vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5939vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19033vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6005vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6712vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6616vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6665vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6764vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6395vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6396vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6384vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6385vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6004vendor-advisory
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