Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client. These include heap buffer overflows and use-after-free flaws that can lead to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution when connecting to a malicious RDP server. The issues affect the xfreerdp client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat has issued security updates addressing these vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
FreeRDP contains several critical security flaws including heap buffer overflows (CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533) and use-after-free vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-23884) that can be triggered by a malicious RDP server. These vulnerabilities may cause denial of service or allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the client system. The affected product is the xfreerdp client distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat has released updated packages (freerdp-2.4.1-3.el9_0) to remediate these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:2770.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the client system running the vulnerable FreeRDP version. This could allow an attacker controlling a malicious RDP server to compromise the client machine.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Users should apply the updated packages (freerdp-2.4.1-3.el9_0) as provided in advisory RHSA-2026:2770 to remediate these vulnerabilities. Patch status is confirmed as fixed in these updated packages. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client. These include heap buffer overflows and use-after-free flaws that can lead to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution when connecting to a malicious RDP server. The issues affect the xfreerdp client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat has issued security updates addressing these vulnerabilities.
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Technical Analysis
FreeRDP contains several critical security flaws including heap buffer overflows (CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533) and use-after-free vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-23884) that can be triggered by a malicious RDP server. These vulnerabilities may cause denial of service or allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the client system. The affected product is the xfreerdp client distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat has released updated packages (freerdp-2.4.1-3.el9_0) to remediate these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:2770.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the client system running the vulnerable FreeRDP version. This could allow an attacker controlling a malicious RDP server to compromise the client machine.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Users should apply the updated packages (freerdp-2.4.1-3.el9_0) as provided in advisory RHSA-2026:2770 to remediate these vulnerabilities. Patch status is confirmed as fixed in these updated packages. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:2770
- Cve Count
- 6
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-23531","CVE-2026-23532","CVE-2026-23533","CVE-2026-23883","CVE-2026-23884"]
Threat ID: 6a27e9938dd33fbd8516ab7a
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:15 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 23:54:33 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:52 UTC
Views: 56
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