Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Multiple heap buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client. These vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution when connecting to malicious RDP servers. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder variants. Red Hat has released security updates addressing these vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
FreeRDP contains several critical memory corruption vulnerabilities including heap buffer overflows (CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533, CVE-2026-23534) and use-after-free (CVE-2026-23884) that can be triggered by a malicious RDP server. These flaws may allow an attacker to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code on the client system. Red Hat's advisory RHSA-2026:2222 covers these issues and provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants. The vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client component and related libraries.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the client machine running FreeRDP. This could allow an attacker controlling a malicious RDP server to compromise the client system. The vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. Users should apply the updated packages as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:2222 to remediate these vulnerabilities. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed as official-fix by Red Hat.
Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Description
Multiple heap buffer overflow and use-after-free vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client. These vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution when connecting to malicious RDP servers. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related CodeReady Linux Builder variants. Red Hat has released security updates addressing these vulnerabilities.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
FreeRDP contains several critical memory corruption vulnerabilities including heap buffer overflows (CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533, CVE-2026-23534) and use-after-free (CVE-2026-23884) that can be triggered by a malicious RDP server. These flaws may allow an attacker to cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code on the client system. Red Hat's advisory RHSA-2026:2222 covers these issues and provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related variants. The vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client component and related libraries.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities can result in denial of service or arbitrary code execution on the client machine running FreeRDP. This could allow an attacker controlling a malicious RDP server to compromise the client system. The vulnerabilities affect multiple architectures supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and CodeReady Linux Builder 10.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and related products. Users should apply the updated packages as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:2222 to remediate these vulnerabilities. For detailed update instructions, refer to https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Patch status is confirmed as official-fix by Red Hat.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:2222
- Cve Count
- 7
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2026-23531","CVE-2026-23532","CVE-2026-23533","CVE-2026-23534","CVE-2026-23883","CVE-2026-23884"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a27e99f8dd33fbd8516cbfe
Added to database: 6/9/2026, 10:23:27 AM
Last enriched: 6/9/2026, 10:48:13 AM
Last updated: 6/10/2026, 4:58:27 AM
Views: 5
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