# CVE-2026-68580 — FreeRDP

> As of 2026-08-03, CVE-2026-68580 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in FreeRDP, CVSS v3.1 7.5, EPSS 0.2% (14.9th percentile). No Threadlinqs-tracked threat campaign has been attributed to CVE-2026-68580 as of 2026-08-03; the identifier is re-checked against the Threadlinqs threat corpus on every daily ingest.

**Last updated:** 2026-08-03

## What is CVE-2026-68580?

FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains integer overflow vulnerabilities in the audio input redirection channel (audin) across ALSA, sndio, WinMM, and OpenSL ES backends that fail to validate the FramesPerPacket parameter from RDP servers. Attackers can supply a malicious FramesPerPacket value causing allocation size wraparound, resulting in heap-based buffer overflow on ALSA or denial of service on all platforms.

The record classifies CVE-2026-68580 under weakness class [CWE-122](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-122). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 64 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 7.5 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **CVSS v4.0 base score:** 7.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.9% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 4.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-08-02, last modified 2026-08-03

## Is CVE-2026-68580 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 33 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **FreeRDP**: FreeRDP

## How to fix CVE-2026-68580

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-68580 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-68580

No threat campaign in the Threadlinqs corpus currently references CVE-2026-68580, in its CVE list or as an indicator. The linkage is recomputed from the live corpus on every daily ingest, so this section fills in as soon as a tracked campaign cites the identifier.

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-08-04. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [github.com — vendor advisory](https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/security/advisories/GHSA-69xf-pqrw-596x)

**Third-party advisory**

- [vulncheck.com — third party advisory](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/freerdp-before-integer-overflow-via-audio-input-channel)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-68580
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-68580 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp