CVE-2026-56297

NameCVE-2026-56297
DescriptionFreeRDP before 3.22.0 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in dvcman_channel_close and dvcman_call_on_receive due to improper synchronization of channel_callback access. A malicious RDP server can trigger a race condition by sending DYNVC_DATA and DYNVC_CLOSE messages concurrently, causing heap-use-after-free in the drdynvc client thread and potentially enabling remote code execution or denial of service.
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
forky3.27.0+dfsg-1fixed
sid3.28.0+dfsg-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
freerdp2source(unstable)(unfixed)
freerdp3source(unstable)3.22.0+dfsg-1

Notes

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-3mv2-5q57-2v8h
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/e02e052f6692550e539d10f99de9c35a23492db2 (3.22.0)
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/cb7f295bc750de86480d60a3b58cebc56a57a1c4 (3.22.0)

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