Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), have been identified that could lead to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution when connecting to malicious RDP servers. These include heap buffer overflows and use-after-free issues affecting the xfreerdp client. The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related packages. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates to address these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The FreeRDP client (xfreerdp) contains several security vulnerabilities including heap buffer overflows (CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533) and use-after-free (CVE-2026-23884) that can be triggered by a malicious RDP server. These vulnerabilities can cause denial of service and potentially allow arbitrary code execution on the client system. The issues affect FreeRDP versions packaged with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related distributions. Red Hat has released security updates to fix these vulnerabilities as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:2824.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a malicious RDP server to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code on the client system running the vulnerable FreeRDP versions. This compromises the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:2824 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed with official fixes available. No additional vendor mitigation guidance indicates that applying these updates is the recommended remediation.
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), have been identified that could lead to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution when connecting to malicious RDP servers. These include heap buffer overflows and use-after-free issues affecting the xfreerdp client. The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related packages. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates to address these issues.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The FreeRDP client (xfreerdp) contains several security vulnerabilities including heap buffer overflows (CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533) and use-after-free (CVE-2026-23884) that can be triggered by a malicious RDP server. These vulnerabilities can cause denial of service and potentially allow arbitrary code execution on the client system. The issues affect FreeRDP versions packaged with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related distributions. Red Hat has released security updates to fix these vulnerabilities as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:2824.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a malicious RDP server to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code on the client system running the vulnerable FreeRDP versions. This compromises the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:2824 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed with official fixes available. No additional vendor mitigation guidance indicates that applying these updates is the recommended remediation.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:2824
- Cve Count
- 6
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-23531","CVE-2026-23532","CVE-2026-23533","CVE-2026-23883","CVE-2026-23884"]
Threat ID: 6a27e9938dd33fbd8516ab4b
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:15 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 23:51:51 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:52 UTC
Views: 103
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