CVE-2026-44422 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 06.05.2026 Published: 29.05.2026 Updated: 29.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor FreeRDP
Product FreeRDP
Versions
  • Version < 3.26.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-416: Use After Free CWE
  • CWE-415: Double Free CWE