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 FreeRDP packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:66281 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 were identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client. These include memory disclosure or denial of service via crafted RDP update orders, denial of service via crafted smartcard cache requests, denial of service via heap out-of-bounds read, and a heap-buffer-overflow that allows arbitrary code execution via crafted RPC responses. Red Hat has issued an important security update addressing these issues in FreeRDP packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66281 (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_66281.json (opens in a new tab)