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Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update

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High
Published: 03/12/2026 (03/12/2026, 08:52:56 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple heap and global buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client. These vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client used to connect to various RDP servers. Red Hat has issued a security advisory addressing these issues in FreeRDP packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants. The vulnerabilities are tracked under CVE-2026-22855, CVE-2026-22858, and CVE-2026-22859.

Affected software

Affected versions
>=8.4 <8.4

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AILast updated: 06/27/2026, 23:41:58 UTC

Technical Analysis

FreeRDP contains three distinct buffer overflow vulnerabilities: two heap-buffer-overflows (CVE-2026-22855 and CVE-2026-22859) and one global-buffer-overflow (CVE-2026-22858). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption when using the xfreerdp client to connect to RDP servers. Red Hat has released updated packages for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants to address these issues. The advisory references bugzilla entries and provides updated package versions for mitigation.

Potential Impact

The identified vulnerabilities involve heap and global buffer overflows, which may allow an attacker to cause memory corruption. This could potentially lead to denial of service or code execution in the context of the user running the xfreerdp client. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated freerdp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Update Support and Extended Update Support. Users should apply these official patches to remediate the vulnerabilities. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat article at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified. Patch status is confirmed as an official fix available from Red Hat.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2026:4439
Cve Count
3
Additional Cves
["CVE-2026-22858","CVE-2026-22859"]
Cvss Version
null

Threat ID: 6a27e9928dd33fbd8516a215

Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:14 UTC

Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 23:41:58 UTC

Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:46 UTC

Views: 48

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