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CVE-2026-45700VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update

Affects Red Hat freerdpSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 01:03 UTC

Severity
High

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. Users should apply the provided update (freerdp-2.1.1-5.el7_9.10) to remediate this vulnerability. Refer to Red Hat's advisory and update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed guidance.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-45700) exists in FreeRDP's planar bitmap decoder that allows an out-of-bounds write, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. This issue affects the xfreerdp client used to connect to RDP servers. Red Hat has issued an important security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address this flaw.

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