Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Affects Red Hat freerdpSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 08:20 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 39% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 19 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 31 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated freerdp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:68707) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). These include denial of service, memory disclosure, out-of-bounds reads, and a heap-buffer-overflow that could allow arbitrary code execution. The issues affect the xfreerdp client and related components. Red Hat has issued an important security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address these flaws.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68707 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2509984 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2509994 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510001 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510010 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510041 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519823 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519824 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_68707.json (opens in a new tab)