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FreeRDP: Mehrere Schwachstellen

WID-SEC-2026-1933 · first 16.06.2026 · updated 02.10.2026 · CVSS 8,6

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What it is about

FreeRDP ist eine freie Implementierung des Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in FreeRDP ausnutzen,um nicht näher spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen, potenziell beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.

Under what conditions?

The BSI does not name any particular preconditions. Exploitable remotely according to the BSI.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • nicht näher spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen
  • potenziell beliebigen Code auszuführen
  • Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen
  • Daten zu manipulieren
  • vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Open Source FreeRDP <3.27.0
  • Oracle Linux

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Open Source FreeRDP 3.27.0

Is the vulnerability already being exploited?

None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.

Information and sources

and 15 more sources in the original advisory

CVE: CVE-2026-55191, CVE-2026-55192, CVE-2026-55193, CVE-2026-55194, CVE-2026-55564, CVE-2026-55648

Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.

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