#VU125352 Use-after-free in FreeRDP - CVE-2026-26986
Published: April 8, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU125352
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-26986
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
FreeRDP
FreeRDP
Software vendor:
FreeRDP
FreeRDP
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in rail_window_free in the X11 RAIL window handling code when processing a server-supplied window create order and freeing RAIL window entries during disconnect. A remote user can send a specially crafted window order to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code.
One server-triggered exploitation path requires the builtin Unicode backend to be enabled, where malformed UTF-16 window title data causes title conversion to fail and leaves a dangling hash table entry until disconnect.
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.