CVE-2026-44422

NameCVE-2026-44422
DescriptionFreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, FreeRDP's RDPEAR NDR parser accepts one non-null NDR pointer ref-id for multiple logical pointer fields without tracking the pointed object's expected NDR type or ownership. When the same ref-id is reused across two pointer fields, the parser assigns the same heap object to both output fields. The generic destructor later walks each field independently and destroys/frees both pointers. This causes a malicious-server-triggerable heap use-after-free / double-free in the FreeRDP client's RDPEAR authentication-redirection path. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.26.0.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
freerdp2 (PTS)bullseye2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)2.3.0+dfsg1-2+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm2.11.7+dfsg1-6~deb12u1vulnerable
freerdp3 (PTS)trixie3.15.0+dfsg-2.1+deb13u3vulnerable
forky, sid3.26.0+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
freerdp2source(unstable)(unfixed)
freerdp3source(unstable)3.26.0+dfsg-1

Notes

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-j9q5-7g8m-jc9v

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