Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Two security vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). These include a global buffer overflow (CVE-2026-22858) and a heap buffer overflow (CVE-2026-22859). The vulnerabilities affect the freerdp package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory and provides updated packages to address these issues.
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Technical Summary
FreeRDP is an open-source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client. Two vulnerabilities have been found: CVE-2026-22858, a global buffer overflow, and CVE-2026-22859, a heap buffer overflow. Both vulnerabilities can lead to memory corruption issues. Red Hat Product Security has rated the update as important and released patches for affected versions in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. The advisory references fixes in freerdp version 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.7 and related packages.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities involve buffer overflow conditions that could potentially allow an attacker to cause memory corruption. This may lead to denial of service or other impacts depending on exploitation. The advisory rates the security impact as important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated freerdp packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS systems should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:4433. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Description
Two security vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). These include a global buffer overflow (CVE-2026-22858) and a heap buffer overflow (CVE-2026-22859). The vulnerabilities affect the freerdp package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory and provides updated packages to address these issues.
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Technical Analysis
FreeRDP is an open-source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client. Two vulnerabilities have been found: CVE-2026-22858, a global buffer overflow, and CVE-2026-22859, a heap buffer overflow. Both vulnerabilities can lead to memory corruption issues. Red Hat Product Security has rated the update as important and released patches for affected versions in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. The advisory references fixes in freerdp version 2.0.0-46.rc4.el8_2.7 and related packages.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities involve buffer overflow conditions that could potentially allow an attacker to cause memory corruption. This may lead to denial of service or other impacts depending on exploitation. The advisory rates the security impact as important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated freerdp packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS systems should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:4433. Refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update instructions. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:4433
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-22859"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a27e9938dd33fbd8516a50d
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:15 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 23:42:13 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:57 UTC
Views: 159
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