Medium [CVE-2026-56297] Remote code execution or denial of service via use-after-free race condition
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-56297 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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Summary
FreeRDP before 3.22.0 contains a use-after-free vulnerability in dvcman_channel_close and dvcman_call_on_receive due to improper synchronization of channel_callback access.
A malicious RDP server can trigger a race condition by sending DYNVC_DATA and DYNVC_CLOSE messages concurrently, causing heap-use-after-free in the drdynvc client thread and potentially enabling remote code execution or denial of service. A flaw was found in FreeRDP.
A malicious Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server can exploit a use-after-free vulnerability due to improper synchronization of channel callback access. This Moderate impact flaw in FreeRDP allows a malicious RDP server to trigger a use-after-free condition on the client by exploiting a race condition during dynamic virtual channel closure.
Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Weakness: CWE-364.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: freerdp.
- < 3.22.0
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation checklist
- Configure host-based firewalls (e.g., firewalld) or network egress filtering so that the workstation can only initiate outbound RDP connections (typically TCP 3389) to known, trusted internal RDP gateways or corporate servers. Blocking outbound RDP to the wider internet neutralizes the threat of users accidentally connecting to malicious external endpoints.
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