Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: freerdp / freerdp-debuginfo / freerdp-debugsource / freerdp-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_2081)

high Nessus Plugin ID 353531

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_2081 advisory.

* 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_2081.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353531

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2026_2081.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23884

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23530, CVE-2026-23531, CVE-2026-23532, CVE-2026-23533, CVE-2026-23534, CVE-2026-23883, CVE-2026-23884

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