CVE-2026-44422CWE-415CWE-416

FreeRDP RDPEAR NDR ref-id aliasing causes client-side UAF/double-free and type confusion

High · published May 29, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

FreeRDP 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00656 · 50.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-415 · Double Free; CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-05-29T19:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 MAY 19:41Z
    FreeRDP RDPEAR NDR ref-id aliasing causes client-side UAF/double-free and type confusion
    cvelistv5