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Red Hat Security Advisory: freerdp security update

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Medium
Published: Tue May 12 2026 (05/12/2026, 23:31:16 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in FreeRDP, a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol client used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 2. These include denial of service issues caused by use-after-free, double free, endless blocking loops, and crafted audio data, as well as memory safety issues such as heap-buffer-overflow, out-of-bounds read, and division-by-zero errors. Additionally, an information disclosure vulnerability via heap memory out-of-bounds read has been reported. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updates addressing these vulnerabilities.

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Technical Analysis

FreeRDP, used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2, contains multiple security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-25952 (use-after-free leading to denial of service), CVE-2026-26986 (double free during disconnect causing denial of service), CVE-2026-27951 (endless blocking loop causing denial of service), CVE-2026-29775 (heap-buffer-overflow via out-of-bounds cacheId), CVE-2026-31885 (out-of-bounds read in ADPCM decoders due to missing bounds checks), CVE-2026-31884 (division-by-zero in ADPCM decoders when nBlockAlign is zero), CVE-2026-31883 (denial of service via crafted audio data), and CVE-2026-33985 (information disclosure via heap memory out-of-bounds read). These vulnerabilities affect the xfreerdp client connecting to RDP servers. Red Hat has released updated packages to address these issues.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities primarily allow denial of service conditions through memory corruption and logic errors, potentially disrupting RDP client operations. One vulnerability may lead to information disclosure via out-of-bounds heap memory reads. There is no indication of remote code execution or privilege escalation. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated freerdp packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:16483 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these official patches is the recommended remediation. There is no indication that additional mitigations are required beyond updating to the fixed packages.

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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-2026:16483
Cve Count
8
Additional Cves
["CVE-2026-26986","CVE-2026-27951","CVE-2026-29775","CVE-2026-31883","CVE-2026-31884","CVE-2026-31885","CVE-2026-33985"]
Cvss Version
null

Threat ID: 6a16097ee29bf47b5064a687

Added to database: 5/26/2026, 8:58:38 PM

Last enriched: 5/26/2026, 10:37:23 PM

Last updated: 5/27/2026, 4:59:22 AM

Views: 2

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