Vulnerability · Published Sep 15, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-91961FreeRDP before 3.31.0 Denial of Service via URBDRC
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in FreeRDP from FreeRDP. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
FreeRDP before 3.31.0 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the URBDRC control-transfer request path that fails to validate OutputBufferSize before forwarding to the libusb backend. A malicious RDP server can send a control-transfer request with OutputBufferSize set to 65536, triggering a reachable assertion that terminates the client process.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | freerdp2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-91961 |
| Debian:13 | freerdp3 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-91961 |
| Debian:14 | freerdp3 | 3.31.0+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-91961 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | freerdp2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-91961 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | freerdp3 | 3.31.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-91961 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | freerdp3 | 3.31.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-91961 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-617 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-w9qg-g24r-77f6) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: FreeRDP before 3.31.0 Denial of Service via URBDRC third-party-advisory