Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) used by the xfreerdp client. These include heap-use-after-free, heap-buffer-overflow, NULL pointer dereference, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related packages. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates to address these vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers a set of security vulnerabilities in FreeRDP, including heap-use-after-free (e.g., CVE-2026-22856, CVE-2026-24675), heap-buffer-overflow (e.g., CVE-2026-22852, CVE-2026-22854), 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 via crafted RDP server messages (CVE-2026-31806). These vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client used to connect to RDP servers. The Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:9641 provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related variants to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions, crashes, and potentially arbitrary code execution on systems running vulnerable versions of FreeRDP. This could allow an attacker controlling an RDP server or able to send crafted RDP messages to exploit these flaws, potentially compromising the client system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related distributions to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update described in advisory RHSA-2026:9641 promptly. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No indication of 'no action required' or 'already mitigated' is present; therefore, applying the official patch is the recommended mitigation.
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) used by the xfreerdp client. These include heap-use-after-free, heap-buffer-overflow, NULL pointer dereference, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities. The issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related packages. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates to address these vulnerabilities.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This advisory covers a set of security vulnerabilities in FreeRDP, including heap-use-after-free (e.g., CVE-2026-22856, CVE-2026-24675), heap-buffer-overflow (e.g., CVE-2026-22852, CVE-2026-22854), 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 via crafted RDP server messages (CVE-2026-31806). These vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client used to connect to RDP servers. The Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:9641 provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related variants to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities can lead to denial of service conditions, crashes, and potentially arbitrary code execution on systems running vulnerable versions of FreeRDP. This could allow an attacker controlling an RDP server or able to send crafted RDP messages to exploit these flaws, potentially compromising the client system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated packages for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related distributions to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update described in advisory RHSA-2026:9641 promptly. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No indication of 'no action required' or 'already mitigated' is present; therefore, applying the official patch is the recommended mitigation.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:9641
- Cve Count
- 12
- 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-2026-24681","CVE-2026-24684","CVE-2026-31806"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a27e9928dd33fbd85169555
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:14 UTC
Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 23:26:04 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:46 UTC
Views: 165
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