# CVE-2026-110831: FreeRDP 3.13.0 before 3.32.0 Resource Leak via Drive Redirection IRP_MJ_CREATE

> A malicious RDP server can cause resource exhaustion in FreeRDP clients with drive redirection enabled, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 20 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110831, GHSA-jgw9-wqvx-j495, GHSA-mh9j-p69m-cjqw, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-110831

## What is CVE-2026-110831?

CVE-2026-110831 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 14 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

FreeRDP versions 3.13.0 before 3.32.0 contain a resource retention flaw in drive_process_irp_create, which registers an opened local file in the drive dictionary before applying the allocation size and does not remove it when that operation fails. A malicious RDP server connected to a client with drive redirection enabled can send IRP_MJ_CREATE with AllocationSize set to UINT64_MAX, forcing the seek to fail and leaking the file object and operating-system handle until drive teardown.

Weakness: CWE-775 (Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-110831?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freerdp Freerdp.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-110831?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-110831 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-110831 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Freerdp Freerdp

- [CVE-2021-37594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37594/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37595/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-67305](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-67305/): FreeRDP Windows Client before 3.29.0 Heap Buffer Overflow via Cliprdr (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-66402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-66402/): FreeRDP before 3.29.0 TLS Certificate Identity Validation Bypass (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-67289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-67289/): FreeRDP before 3.29.0 HTTP Proxy Request Injection via Redirection (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-110831 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-110831 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 14 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-110831 exists.

Affected product: Freerdp Freerdp. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-110831/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-110831/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110831
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110831
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-110831

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-110831/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.