# CVE-2026-111374: FreeRDP from 3.30.0 before 3.32.0 Resource Exhaustion via rdpecam StartStreamsRequest

> Malicious RDP servers can cause resource exhaustion and camera reconfiguration in FreeRDP clients by sending oversized media type requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 16 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2026-111374, GHSA-p6rp-88mp-xhw3, GHSA-xq87-9rrm-6wqw, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-111374

## What is CVE-2026-111374?

CVE-2026-111374 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 16 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

FreeRDP from 3.30.0 before 3.32.0 contains a resource exhaustion vulnerability in the rdpecam client that lets malicious RDP servers request unadvertised camera media types. Attackers can send a StartStreamsRequest with oversized dimensions to force large pending-sample allocations and reconfigure the local camera through the HAL.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-111374?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freerdp Freerdp.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-111374?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2026-111374 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111374 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-2026-111374 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-111374 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freerdp Freerdp, published on 16 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-111374 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-2026-111374/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111374/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111374
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111374
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-111374

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-111374/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.