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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 · fixed in Red Hat package updates : patch Red Hat freerdp soon.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 01:03 UTC

Severity
High

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

Patch
Available – fixed in 2.2.0

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 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 updated freerdp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation or workaround is specified or required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-45700) in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol, allows an out-of-bounds write in the planar bitmap decoder. This flaw could enable arbitrary code execution. Red Hat has issued an important security update for affected versions in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants to address this issue.

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