CVE-2026-44420
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
3.7%
89.2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-131
Published 2026-05-29 · modified 2026-07-27
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-05-29 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-27 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to 3.26.0, a malicious RDP client can trigger a heap-buffer-overflow write in FreeRDP's server-side clipboard (cliprdr) channel by sending a CB_CLIP_CAPS PDU with a too-small capabilitySetLength. This can crash the server process (remote DoS) and may be exploitable for code execution because it corrupts heap memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.26.0.
Affected
References
- exploit https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-mvpx-xj7r-3p3r
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36203
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:46393
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44420
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483480
- https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-h6wq-j5mv-f3q8
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44420.json