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RHEL 10 : freerdp (RHSA-2026:94514)
high Nessus Plugin ID 375538
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:94514 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: Denial of Service via uninitialized progressive tile handling (CVE-2026-109242)
* freerdp: FreeRDP 3.0.0-beta1 before 3.32.0 Use-After-Free via Smartcard Connect (CVE-2026-109676)
* freerdp: FreeRDP: Unauthenticated keystroke injection via premature input dispatch (CVE-2026-110838)
* freerdp: freerdp: Denial of Service via file descriptor exhaustion in serial device handling (CVE-2026-110830)
* freerdp: freerdp: Denial of Service via heap-based buffer overflow during MP3 audio decoding (CVE-2026-110837)
* freerdp: freerdp: Denial of Service via unbounded memory consumption during RDPDR reassembly (CVE-2026-110833)
* freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via grayscale JPEG clipboard conversion (CVE-2026-110839)
* freerdp: freerdp: Denial of Service via memory exhaustion in NLA frame parser (CVE-2026-111378)
* freerdp: FreeRDP: Arbitrary code execution via crafted persistent cache file (CVE-2026-111379)
* freerdp: freerdp: Arbitrary code execution via crafted persistent cache file (CVE-2026-111381)
* freerdp: freerdp: Arbitrary code execution via crafted display frames (CVE-2026-111382)
* freerdp: freerdp: Denial of Service via heap out-of-bounds write in NTLM authentication (CVE-2026-111880)
* freerdp: FreeRDP: heap buffer overflow in server rdpsnd via crafted audio formats (CVE-2026-114045)
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* Rebase FreeRDP to 3.32.2 or newer [rhel-10.2.z] (JIRA:RHEL-277442)
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 affected packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:94514
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2549790
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2550539
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552961
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552970
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552978
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552988
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552996
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553907
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553911
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553917
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2553920
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2554625
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 375538
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-94514.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/3/2026
Updated: 11/3/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 58.58
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:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-110833
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.7
Threat Score: 7.4
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-114045
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: 11/3/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-109242, CVE-2026-109676, CVE-2026-110830, CVE-2026-110833, CVE-2026-110837, CVE-2026-110838, CVE-2026-110839, CVE-2026-111378, CVE-2026-111379, CVE-2026-111381, CVE-2026-111382, CVE-2026-111880, CVE-2026-114045