CVE-2026-114041 FreeRDP before 3.32.1 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via RD Gateway Consent Message
Medium 6.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-114041 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-114041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in FreeRDP, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-114041 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: 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-2026-114041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-114041/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-114041?
CVE-2026-114041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in FreeRDP, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Official description
FreeRDP before 3.32.1 on Windows contains a heap out-of-bounds read in client_cli_present_gateway_message that passes a byte count as wide-character printf precision. A malicious RD Gateway can send pre-authentication consent or service messages, causing the client to read twice the buffer size, leaking heap memory or crashing.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-114041?
How do I fix CVE-2026-114041?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2026-114041 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-114041 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-114041, GHSA-36q6-xhpr-84hc, GHSA-c49c-xm94-5qf3.