The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:2048 advisory.

    FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license.
    The xfreerdp client can connect to RDP servers such as Microsoft Windows machines, xrdp, and VirtualBox.

    Security Fix(es):

    * freerdp: FreeRDP: Heap buffer overflow leading to denial of service and potential code execution from a     malicious server. (CVE-2026-23530)

    * freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service and potential code execution via use-after-free vulnerability     (CVE-2026-23884)

    * freerdp: FreeRDP: Arbitrary code execution and denial of service via malicious server (CVE-2026-23883)

    * freerdp: FreeRDP: Heap buffer overflow leads to denial of service and potential code execution     (CVE-2026-23533)

    * freerdp: FreeRDP: Heap buffer overflow via crafted RDPGFX surface updates leads to denial of service and     potential code execution. (CVE-2026-23531)

    * freerdp: FreeRDP: Arbitrary code execution and denial of service via client-side heap buffer overflow     (CVE-2026-23534)

    * freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service and potential code execution via client-side heap buffer overflow     (CVE-2026-23532)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Detections

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RHEL 9 : freerdp (RHSA-2026:2048)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298052

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.3 May 1, 2026, 7:22 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202605010722
Version 1.2 Feb 6, 2026, 5:01 PM IAVM reference STIG Severity (set to "I") Plugin Feed: 202602061701
Version 1.1 Feb 6, 2026, 12:54 AM New Plugin Feed: 202602060054