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Fedora 43 : freerdp (2026-79f923d917)

high Nessus Plugin ID 291266

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-79f923d917 advisory.

 Update to 3.20.2




Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected 2:freerdp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-79f923d917

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 291266

File Name: fedora_2026-79f923d917.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22851

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:freerdp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22851, CVE-2026-22852, CVE-2026-22853, CVE-2026-22854, CVE-2026-22855, CVE-2026-22856, CVE-2026-22857, CVE-2026-22858, CVE-2026-22859