7.1

CVE-2026-85089: FreeRDP before 3.31.0 Information Disclosure via uninitialized heap memory

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-85089DEBIAN-CVE-2026-85089
Published 03-09-2026Last modified 03-09-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-85089 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in freerdp. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2026:75570

Timeline

  1. 03-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FreeRDP versions 3.0.0 through 3.30.0 (before 3.31.0) transmit uninitialized heap memory in Save Session Info PDU reserved padding fields. Three PDU writers in libfreerdp/core/info.c (rdp_write_logon_info_v2, rdp_write_logon_info_plain, and rdp_write_logon_info_ex) use Stream_Seek instead of Stream_Zero for reserved pad bytes (up to 576 bytes), leaving previously freed heap contents in the outgoing PDU. Because the send buffer is allocated with malloc (not zeroed), stale heap data — which may include cleartext credentials from prior sessions — can be sent to the receiving peer. FreeRDP-based servers using rdpUpdate::SaveSessionInfo and freerdp-proxy (which forwards these PDUs) are affected, allowing disclosure of server/proxy process memory to a downstream client.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Freerdp

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu3 products
  • freerdpAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • freerdp2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • freerdp3< 3.31.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | < 3.31.0+dfsg-0ubuntu0.26.04.1
Debian2 products
  • freerdp2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • freerdp3All versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.31.0+dfsg-1
Freerdp1 product

3 vendors · 6 products

References

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