CVE-2026-91959
FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service due to buffer over-read in RPC gateway
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · September 16, 2026
Updated · November 2, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in FreeRDP. A remote attacker can exploit a buffer over-read vulnerability within the RPC (Remote Procedure Call) gateway transport parser by sending a malicious BIND_ACK Protocol Data Unit (PDU) with a truncated result entry. This can lead to a process abort, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
To mitigate this issue, restrict network access to any FreeRDP instance operating in a server or gateway role, limiting connections to trusted clients or networks. If FreeRDP is used as a client, avoid connecting to untrusted or malicious RDP servers to prevent exploitation.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read