CVE-2026-44420
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, a malicious RDP client can trigger a heap-buffer-overflow write in FreeRDP's server-side clipboard (cliprdr) channel by sending a CB_CLIP_CAPS PDU with a too-small capabilitySetLength. This can crash the server process (remote DoS) and may be exploitable for code execution because it corrupts heap memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.26.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.67% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-131
- Affected
- freerdp/freerdp
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mvpx-xj7r-3p3rExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36203
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46393
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44420
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483480
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-h6wq-j5mv-f3q8
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44420.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.