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FreeRDP CVE-2026-55194

| EUVDEUVD-2026-62667 HIGH
Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
N/A vendor:alpine
8.7
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: vendor:alpine
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Vendor (vendor:alpine) PRIMARY
8.7 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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8.8 HIGH

Network-reachable server-to-client flaw; user must initiate gateway connection (UI:R); attacker needs no privileges as they control the server side; impact is fully client-scoped.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (vendor:alpine).

CVSS VectorVendor: vendor:alpine

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
P
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Patch available
Aug 19, 2026 - 19:18 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 19, 2026 - 18:29 vuln.today
Analysis Updated
Aug 19, 2026 - 18:29 vuln.today
v2 (cvss_changed)
Re-analysis Queued
Aug 19, 2026 - 18:22 vuln.today
cvss_changed
CVSS changed
Aug 19, 2026 - 18:22 NVD
8.7 (HIGH)
Analysis Generated
Jun 29, 2026 - 13:31 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

Alpine Linux: freerdp fixed in 3.27.1-r0

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Heap-based buffer overflow in FreeRDP's Remote Desktop Gateway RPC client allows a malicious or attacker-controlled gateway server to corrupt heap memory on a connecting client, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution. The flaw resides in libfreerdp/core/gateway/rpc_client.c, where stream capacity was sized against a server-supplied alloc_hint value rather than the actual stub data length, enabling a server to induce an undersized allocation followed by an out-of-bounds write. …

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Exploitation The target must be running FreeRDP prior to version 3.27.0 and must route their RDP session through an RDP Gateway (RDG/RPC-over-HTTP) - standard direct RDP connections that bypass the gateway code path are not affected. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 8.7 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H) reflects a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw with full client-side impact, tempered only by the UI:P requirement that the victim user actively initiate an RDP gateway session. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation Upgrade FreeRDP to version 3.27.0 or later; Alpine Linux users should update the freerdp package to 3.27.1-r0 or later via the standard apk upgrade mechanism. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, inventory FreeRDP installations and identify systems running versions prior to 3.27.0 (upstream) or 3.27.1-r0 (Alpine Linux). …

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