Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-67297 · published 1 August 2026
CVE-2026-67297: Freerdp allocation without limits vulnerability
Freerdp · Freerdp
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 fails to enforce the RESPONSE_SIZE_LIMIT when processing Transfer-Encoding: chunked HTTP responses in http_response_recv_body(). Attackers controlling a malicious RD Gateway endpoint can send oversized chunked response bodies to exhaust client memory resources without triggering the configured size limit.
Description
FreeRDP before 3.29.0 fails to enforce the RESPONSE_SIZE_LIMIT when processing Transfer-Encoding: chunked HTTP responses in http_response_recv_body(). Attackers controlling a malicious RD Gateway endpoint can send oversized chunked response bodies to exhaust client memory resources without triggering the configured size limit.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-2c6r-4pr4-9x8m | ExploitVendor Advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-resource-exhaustion-via-chunked-http-response | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-2c6r-4pr4-9x8m | ExploitVendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-67297), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.