[UPDATE] [medium] FreeRDP: Vulnerability allows unspecified attack

mediumCVE-2026-40254

An attacker can exploit a vulnerability in FreeRDP to conduct an unspecified attack.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: FreeRDP product: FreeRDPOther

What: A vulnerability allows an attacker to conduct an unspecified attack.
Who is affected: Users of FreeRDP.
Urgency: Remediation is medium urgency due to the unspecified nature of the attack.
Action: Apply the patch for CVE-2026-40254.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-29
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-1250

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-402540.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-40254	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for FreeRDP

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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mediumCVE-2026-67302: FreeRDP before 3.29.0 (affected versions <= 3.28.0) contains a divide-by-zero vulnerability in…nvd · 2026-08-01
highCVE-2026-67301: FreeRDP before 3.29.0 contains out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in the async update message …nvd · 2026-08-01