FreeRDP before 3.31.0 Buffer Over-read via RTS Gateway
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 14 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
FreeRDP before 3.31.0 contains a buffer over-read vulnerability in the rts_read_result function within the RPC gateway transport parser. Attackers can send a malicious BIND_ACK PDU with a truncated result entry to trigger an out-of-bounds read causing process abort.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA FreeRDP (FreeRDP) Fixed in 3.31.0
Red Hat 7 advisories
- RHSA-2026:93559 Released 2026-11-02 · Red Hat rating Importantfreerdp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) freerdp-2.1.1-5.el7_9.14, freerdp-libs-2.1.1-5.el7_9.14, freerdp-libs-2.1.1-5.el7_9.14.ppc +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) freerdp-devel-2.1.1-5.el7_9.14, freerdp-devel-2.1.1-5.el7_9.14.ppc, libwinpr-devel-2.1.1-5.el7_9.14 +1
- RHSA-2026:93549 Released 2026-11-02 · Red Hat rating Importantfreerdp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) freerdp-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.14, freerdp-libs-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.14, libwinpr-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.14 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) freerdp-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.14, freerdp-libs-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.14, libwinpr-2:2.2.0-7.el8_6.14 +1
- RHSA-2026:93537 Released 2026-11-02 · Red Hat rating Importantfreerdp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) freerdp-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.13, freerdp-libs-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.13, libwinpr-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.13 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) freerdp-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.13, freerdp-libs-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.13, libwinpr-2:2.2.0-12.el8_8.13 +1
Show 4 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2026:93538 Released 2026-11-02 · Red Hat rating Importantfreerdp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) freerdp-2:2.2.0-14.el8_4.5, freerdp-libs-2:2.2.0-14.el8_4.5, libwinpr-2:2.2.0-14.el8_4.5 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) freerdp-2:2.2.0-14.el8_4.5, freerdp-libs-2:2.2.0-14.el8_4.5, libwinpr-2:2.2.0-14.el8_4.5 +1
- RHSA-2026:76755 Released 2026-10-08 · Red Hat rating Importantfreerdp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) freerdp-2:2.11.7-7.el9_8.8, freerdp-libs-2:2.11.7-7.el9_8.8, libwinpr-2:2.11.7-7.el9_8.8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) freerdp-devel-2:2.11.7-7.el9_8.8, libwinpr-devel-2:2.11.7-7.el9_8.8
- RHSA-2026:76747 Released 2026-10-06 · Red Hat rating Importantfreerdp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) freerdp-2:2.11.7-14.el8_10, freerdp-libs-2:2.11.7-14.el8_10, libwinpr-2:2.11.7-14.el8_10 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) freerdp-devel-2:2.11.7-14.el8_10
- RHSA-2026:75570 Released 2026-10-05 · Red Hat rating Importantfreerdp security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) freerdp-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.14, freerdp-libs-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.14, libwinpr-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.14
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) freerdp-devel-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.14, freerdp-server-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.14, libwinpr-devel-2:3.10.3-12.el10_2.14
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
FreeRDP 3.31.0
20 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 12 MEDIUM, 7 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-62090 FreeRDP before 3.31.0 Denial of Service via Desktop DimensionsPriority HIGH 75
- TI-2026-62098 FreeRDP 2.0.0 through 3.30.0 Uninitialized Heap Memory Disclosure via urbdrcPriority MEDIUM 64
- TI-2026-62095 FreeRDP before 3.31.0 Integer Overflow Double FreePriority MEDIUM 64
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:75570 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:76747 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:76755 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93538 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93549 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93537 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93538 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93549 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93537 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:76747 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:75570 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:76755 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93559 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:93559 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-91959
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c7qq-9mg2-ccx2
- 2026-10-05 Fix available: RHSA-2026:75570 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-05 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) · Red Hat
- 2026-10-06 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) · Red Hat
- 2026-10-07 Fix available: RHSA-2026:76747 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: RHSA-2026:76755 · Red Hat
- 2026-10-09 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9), Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: RHSA-2026:93538 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: RHSA-2026:93537 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4) +1 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: RHSA-2026:93549 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: RHSA-2026:93559 · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 Fix available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) +1 · Red Hat
References
More Freerdp vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-85092 Use-after-free in FreeRDP rdpgfx channel close handling CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-85091 Out-of-bounds write in FreeRDP proxy via bitmap cache v2 capability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-24435 FreeRDP has a `size_t` underflow in ADPCM decoder leads to heap-buffer-overflow write CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-21373 Out-Of-Bounds Write in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08692 Server side NTLM does not properly check parameters in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-21374 Out-Of-Bounds Read in FreeRDP CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-91959 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-91959 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c7qq-9mg2-ccx2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-91959 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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