Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Affects Red Hat freerdpSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 01:49 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Jul 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated packages for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these updates promptly to remediate the issue. Details on applying the update are available in the Red Hat advisory. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-45700) in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client, 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 FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address this issue.