Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-67296FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Denial of Service via RDPEI PDU
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity improper input validation in FreeRDP from FreeRDP. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the RDPEI server channel handler that fails to validate maximum PDU body length before stream allocation. A malicious RDP client can send a header-only RDPEI message with a large declared body length to force excessive memory allocation on the server.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:10 | freerdp | 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.10 | ALSA-2026:61378 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | freerdp-devel | 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.10 | ALSA-2026:61378 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | freerdp-libs | 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.10 | ALSA-2026:61378 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | freerdp-server | 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.10 | ALSA-2026:61378 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | libwinpr | 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.10 | ALSA-2026:61378 |
| AlmaLinux:10 | libwinpr-devel | 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.10 | ALSA-2026:61378 |
| Debian:12 | freerdp2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67296 |
| Debian:13 | freerdp3 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67296 |
| Debian:14 | freerdp3 | 3.29.0+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-67296 |
| Rocky Linux:10 | freerdp | 2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.10 | RLSA-2026:61378 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freerdp2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67296 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freerdp3 | 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67296 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freerdp3 | 3.30.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-67296 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-jm8r-22j6-4m4v) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP before 3.29.0 Denial of Service via RDPEI PDU third-party-advisory