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RHEL 10 : freerdp (RHSA-2026:75570)
high Nessus Plugin ID 362966
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for freerdp.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:75570 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-proxy: FreeRDP: Information disclosure via uninitialized heap memory in Save Session Info PDU (CVE-2026-85089)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via crafted Surface Bits command (CVE-2026-91954)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Remote code execution via heap buffer overflow in Server Redirection PDU (CVE-2026-91964)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Information Disclosure via RDPGFX ResetGraphics PDU (CVE-2026-91946)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in URBDRC channel (CVE-2026-91956)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Remote code execution via uninitialized heap memory disclosure (CVE-2026-91963)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Use-after-free vulnerability in DRDYNVC parser leads to memory corruption (CVE-2026-91947)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service due to buffer over-read in RPC gateway (CVE-2026-91959)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Out-of-bounds read leads to denial of service or information disclosure (CVE-2026-91950)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via integer overflow and double free in WinPR (CVE-2026-91960)
* FreeRDP: FreeRDP: Heap buffer overflow via oversized LB_LOAD_BALANCE_INFO routing token can lead to heap corruption. (CVE-2026-91953)
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.
Solution
Update the RHEL freerdp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:75570.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75570
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527811
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533906
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533911
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533913
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533927
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533930
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533942
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533951
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533954
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533957
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 362966
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-75570.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/5/2026
Updated: 10/5/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 58.22
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-91963
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-91964
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.7
Threat Score: 7.4
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-91964
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:freerdp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libwinpr
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-85089, CVE-2026-91946, CVE-2026-91947, CVE-2026-91950, CVE-2026-91953, CVE-2026-91954, CVE-2026-91956, CVE-2026-91959, CVE-2026-91960, CVE-2026-91963, CVE-2026-91964