Rocky Linux 10.3 [CIQ] Security Update: freerdp / freerdp-debuginfo / freerdp-debugsource / freerdp-devel / etc (crlsa-2026_97219)

high Nessus Plugin ID 381023

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 10.3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_97219 advisory.

* freerdp: FreeRDP: Denial of Service via endless blocking loop in Stream_EnsureCapacity (CVE-2026-27951)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* Update freerdp to the latest upstream stable release (JIRA:Rocky Linux-80426)

* FreeRDP does not create context for hostnames longer than 31 characters (JIRA:Rocky Linux-143809)

* SSL warnings under FIPS (JIRA:Rocky Linux-140202)

* [RFE] Add RDP Smart Card Redirection Support (MS?RDPESC) to Enable Remote (Virtualized) SmartCard?Based PKINIT Authentication (JIRA:Rocky Linux-171999)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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_97219.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 381023

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_10_3_crlsa-2026_97219.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/14/2026

Updated: 11/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.64

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2026-27951

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27951

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