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 to connect to RDP servers. These include heap-use-after-free, heap-buffer-overflow, NULL pointer dereference, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution issues. The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants and related packages. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates to address these issues.
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Technical Summary
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in FreeRDP, 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 via crafted RDP server messages (CVE-2026-31806). These vulnerabilities impact the FreeRDP client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:10735.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause denial of service conditions, crash the FreeRDP client, or potentially execute arbitrary code remotely via crafted RDP server messages. This poses a significant risk to systems using vulnerable FreeRDP versions, especially those connecting to untrusted or malicious RDP servers.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has provided updated packages for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support. Users should apply these official updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:10735 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. Patch status is confirmed as fixed in these updates.
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 to connect to RDP servers. These include heap-use-after-free, heap-buffer-overflow, NULL pointer dereference, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution issues. The vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants and related packages. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates to address these issues.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers multiple vulnerabilities in FreeRDP, 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 via crafted RDP server messages (CVE-2026-31806). These vulnerabilities impact the FreeRDP client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support. Red Hat has released updated packages to fix these issues as detailed in advisory RHSA-2026:10735.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause denial of service conditions, crash the FreeRDP client, or potentially execute arbitrary code remotely via crafted RDP server messages. This poses a significant risk to systems using vulnerable FreeRDP versions, especially those connecting to untrusted or malicious RDP servers.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has provided updated packages for FreeRDP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support and Advanced Update Support. Users should apply these official updates as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:10735 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. Patch status is confirmed as fixed in these updates.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:10735
- 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: 6a27e9918dd33fbd8516927a
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 10:23:13 UTC
Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 00:53:52 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:24:46 UTC
Views: 115
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