Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Affects Red Hat freerdpSource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.7 High.
Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 08:20 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% 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:H/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 packages for FreeRDP as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 updates. Applying these official patches will remediate the vulnerabilities. Users should follow Red Hat's update instructions available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to ensure their systems are protected. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided updates.
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). These include memory disclosure, denial of service, heap out-of-bounds read, and a heap-buffer-overflow that allows arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client and can be triggered via crafted RDP update orders, smartcard cache requests, and RPC responses. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 variants to address these issues.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66282 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (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=2519824 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_66282.json (opens in a new tab)