Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Multiple heap buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). These vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service and potential code execution when connecting to malicious RDP servers. The issues affect the xfreerdp client and involve crafted RDPGFX surface updates and client-side heap buffer overflows. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory addressing these vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. Updates are available to remediate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security has published an advisory (RHSA-2026:3039) for FreeRDP, addressing five security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533, and CVE-2026-23884. These include heap buffer overflows and use-after-free bugs that can cause denial of service and potentially allow code execution from a malicious RDP server. The vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client used to connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows, xrdp, and VirtualBox. The advisory provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS to fix these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory; users are directed to the CVE pages for detailed scoring.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions and potentially allow an attacker controlling a malicious RDP server to execute arbitrary code on the client system running FreeRDP. This elevates the risk of system compromise when connecting to untrusted or malicious RDP servers.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FreeRDP packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:3039 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Description
Multiple heap buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). These vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service and potential code execution when connecting to malicious RDP servers. The issues affect the xfreerdp client and involve crafted RDPGFX surface updates and client-side heap buffer overflows. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory addressing these vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS. Updates are available to remediate these issues.
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security has published an advisory (RHSA-2026:3039) for FreeRDP, addressing five security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533, and CVE-2026-23884. These include heap buffer overflows and use-after-free bugs that can cause denial of service and potentially allow code execution from a malicious RDP server. The vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client used to connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows, xrdp, and VirtualBox. The advisory provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS to fix these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory; users are directed to the CVE pages for detailed scoring.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions and potentially allow an attacker controlling a malicious RDP server to execute arbitrary code on the client system running FreeRDP. This elevates the risk of system compromise when connecting to untrusted or malicious RDP servers.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated FreeRDP packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 AUS that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:3039 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:3039
- Cve Count
- 5
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-23531","CVE-2026-23532","CVE-2026-23533","CVE-2026-23884"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a27e9938dd33fbd8516a82e
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:15 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 23:48:44 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:46 UTC
Views: 66
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