CVE-2026-55194CWE-122

CVE-2026-55194

Critical · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.27.0, rpc_client_recv_fragment in libfreerdp/core/gateway/rpc_client.c ensures the response reassembly stream capacity using only the server-declared alloc_hint rather than the actual StubLength about to be written. A malicious TS Gateway can send a PTYPE_RESPONSE with a small alloc_hint and a much larger frag_length, causing Stream_Write to copy attacker-controlled stub data beyond the 4096-byte pdu->s buffer. This can crash the client and may permit code execution through heap corruption. This issue is fixed in version 3.27.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00619 · 49.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-08-19T22:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
freerdp/freerdp< 3.27.03.27.0
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 17:50Z
    FreeRDPHeap-buffer-overflow write in TS Gateway RPC RESPONSE reassembly due to alloc_hint capacity mismatch
    cvelistv5