Bug 2453222 (CVE-2026-33995)

Summary: CVE-2026-33995 FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via double-free vulnerability during NLA connection teardown
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A flaw was found in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. A remote attacker could exploit a double-free vulnerability in the Kerberos security context functions, specifically `kerberos_AcceptSecurityContext()` and `kerberos_InitializeSecurityContextA()`, within the WinPR library. This vulnerability is triggered during the Network Level Authentication (NLA) connection teardown process after a failed authentication attempt. Successful exploitation can lead to a client crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for affected FreeRDP clients configured with Kerberos.
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Bug Depends On: 2453248, 2453250, 2453249    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-30 22:02:02 UTC
FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol. Prior to version 3.24.2, a double-free vulnerability in kerberos_AcceptSecurityContext() and kerberos_InitializeSecurityContextA() (WinPR, winpr/libwinpr/sspi/Kerberos/kerberos.c) can cause a crash in any FreeRDP clients on systems where Kerberos and/or Kerberos U2U is configured (Samba AD member, or krb5 for NFS). The crash is triggered during NLA connection teardown and requires a failed authentication attempt. This issue has been patched in version 3.24.2.