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Permalink CVE-2026-26986

created 1 month, 3 weeks ago

FreeRDP has heap-use-after-free in rail_window_free

FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.23.0, `rail_window_free` dereferences a freed `xfAppWindow` pointer during `HashTable_Free` cleanup because `xf_rail_window_common` calls `free(appWindow)` on title allocation failure without first removing the entry from the `railWindows` hash table, leaving a dangling pointer that is freed again on disconnect. Version 3.23.0 fixes the vulnerability.

References

https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-crqx-g6x5-rx47 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/b4f0f0a18fe53aa8d47d062f91471f4e9c5e0d51 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5c7aae27d0417b42b4806c2a5c583ca39dd9ef1e/client/X11/xf_rail.c#L1230-L1238 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5c7aae27d0417b42b4806c2a5c583ca39dd9ef1e/client/X11/xf_rail.c#L1297 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5c7aae27d0417b42b4806c2a5c583ca39dd9ef1e/client/X11/xf_rail.c#L1316-L1327 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5c7aae27d0417b42b4806c2a5c583ca39dd9ef1e/client/X11/xf_rail.c#L386-L394 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5c7aae27d0417b42b4806c2a5c583ca39dd9ef1e/client/X11/xf_rail.c#L395-L399 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/blob/5c7aae27d0417b42b4806c2a5c583ca39dd9ef1e/client/X11/xf_rail.c#L401-L404 x_refsource_MISC

Affected products

FreeRDP

==< 3.23.0

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.freerdp

Remote Desktop Protocol Client

nixos-unstable 3.22.0
- nixpkgs-unstable 3.22.0
- nixos-unstable-small 3.22.0
nixos-25.11 3.22.0
- nixos-25.11-small 3.22.0
- nixpkgs-25.11-darwin 3.22.0

Package maintainers

@peterhoeg Peter Hoeg <peter@hoeg.com>

Suggestion detail

References

Affected products

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.freerdp

Package maintainers