CVE-2026-121957VulnerabilityPublished 4 Nov 2026Updated 5 Nov 2026

FreeRDP before 3.32.2 contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows malicious RDP servers to corrupt client

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-121957· High 8.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High · fixed in 3.32.2 : patch freerdp soon.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 05:04 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

8.7High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)	CVSS 4.0	8.7
CNA (VulnCheck)	CVSS 3.1	7.5
CNA	CVSS 4.0	8.7

Patch: Available – fixed in 3.32.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: High
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: High: There is a total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all information within the Vulnerable System being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact. For example, an attacker steals the administrator's password, or private encryption keys of a web server.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Ubuntu 18.04 LTSfreerdp`pkg:deb/ubuntu/freerdp?arch=source&distro=bionic`Other threats	Affected =1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1 =1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.1 =1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-15ubuntu1.18.04.2	Fixed in–
Ubuntu 16.04 LTSfreerdp`pkg:deb/ubuntu/freerdp?arch=source&distro=xenial`Other threats	Affected 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1 – 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.4 4 affected builds	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in FreeRDP version 3.32.2. Users should upgrade to version 3.32.2 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other mitigation guidance is provided or required.

Description

FreeRDP versions before 3.32.2 contain a use-after-free vulnerability triggered by malicious RDP servers. The flaw occurs due to a race condition between the RDPGFX ResetGraphics handler and the planar bitmap decoder when processing compressed bitmaps of 32 bits per pixel or more. This can lead to heap corruption or out-of-bounds memory access in the client.

Impact

Successful exploitation allows a malicious RDP server to corrupt the memory of the FreeRDP client, potentially leading to client instability or crashes. The CVSS score of 7.5 indicates high severity with network attack vector, no privileges required, and no user interaction needed. The impact is limited to confidentiality as per the CVSS vector, with no integrity or availability impact explicitly stated.

Summary

The vulnerability in FreeRDP prior to version 3.32.2 is a use-after-free condition caused by a race between the ResetGraphics handler and the planar bitmap decoder. Malicious RDP servers can exploit this by sending ResetGraphics commands concurrently with compressed bitmaps of 32 bpp or higher, resulting in heap corruption or out-of-bounds read/write on shared planar buffers in the client application.

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