Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client used to connect to various RDP servers. These vulnerabilities include heap-use-after-free, heap-buffer-overflow, NULL pointer dereference, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution via crafted RDP server messages. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related variants. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
FreeRDP contains multiple security flaws including heap-use-after-free (CVE-2026-22856, CVE-2026-24491, CVE-2026-24675, CVE-2026-24684), heap-buffer-overflow (CVE-2026-22852, CVE-2026-22854, CVE-2026-24679), NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2026-23948), denial of service via buffer overflow and use-after-free (CVE-2026-23732, CVE-2026-24676), and arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-31806). These vulnerabilities impact the FreeRDP client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related update services. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:10076.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions, application crashes, and potentially arbitrary code execution when interacting with malicious or crafted RDP server messages. This could allow attackers to execute code remotely or disrupt client operations. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated freerdp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related variants to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official security updates promptly. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's advisory RHSA-2026:10076 and the article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) client used to connect to various RDP servers. These vulnerabilities include heap-use-after-free, heap-buffer-overflow, NULL pointer dereference, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution via crafted RDP server messages. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related variants. Red Hat has issued an important security advisory with updates to address these vulnerabilities.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
FreeRDP contains multiple security flaws including heap-use-after-free (CVE-2026-22856, CVE-2026-24491, CVE-2026-24675, CVE-2026-24684), heap-buffer-overflow (CVE-2026-22852, CVE-2026-22854, CVE-2026-24679), NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2026-23948), denial of service via buffer overflow and use-after-free (CVE-2026-23732, CVE-2026-24676), and arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-31806). These vulnerabilities impact the FreeRDP client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related update services. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:10076.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions, application crashes, and potentially arbitrary code execution when interacting with malicious or crafted RDP server messages. This could allow attackers to execute code remotely or disrupt client operations. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated freerdp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related variants to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official security updates promptly. For detailed update instructions, refer to Red Hat's advisory RHSA-2026:10076 and the article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:10076
- Cve Count
- 11
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-22854","CVE-2026-22856","CVE-2026-23732","CVE-2026-23948","CVE-2026-24491","CVE-2026-24675","CVE-2026-24676","CVE-2026-24679","CVE-2026-24684","CVE-2026-31806"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a27e9928dd33fbd85169566
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:14 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 00:55:14 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:46 UTC
Views: 85
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