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AlmaLinux 8 : freerdp (ALSA-2026:54485)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 335159

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:54485 advisory.

 * FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Arbitrary code execution via malicious RDP files (CVE-2026-64624)
 * FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via crafted WindowIcon async message (CVE-2026-67299)
 * FreeRDP: FreeRDP: HTTP Proxy Request Injection via Redirection (CVE-2026-67289)
 * FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Remote code execution or denial of service via audio input integer overflow (CVE-2026-68580)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54485

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-54485.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 335159

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-54485.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.83

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-67289

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: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:freerdp-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:freerdp-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libwinpr-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libwinpr

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64624, CVE-2026-67289, CVE-2026-67299, CVE-2026-68580

CWE: 190, 416, 88, 93

RHSA: 2026:54485