Vulnerability in freerdp2 (USN-8432-1)

Summary

vulnerability in freerdp2 (USN-8432-1). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm6` or later.

AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2

A vulnerability tracked as **USN-8432-1** has been found in freerdp2. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10. What to do: upgrade freerdp2 to **2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm6** or later. If unsure, ask your IT team or search "freerdp2 USN-8432-1" on the vendor's site.

USN-8432-1 (freerdp2) — Patched: `2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm6` — apply immediately Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs. Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in freerdp2.

📍 Affected scope

freerdp2 — .

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure

🔧 How to fix

Update to **2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm6**.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'freerdp2' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response Actions (7 steps)

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'freerdp2' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `freerdp2` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
6
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade freerdp2 to 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm6
```
ステージング環境で 2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
7
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS freerdp2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.18.04.4+esm6"}]}]

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS freerdp2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm4"}]}]

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS freerdp2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.6.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.11"}]}]

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS freerdp3

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.6"}]}]

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS freerdp2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm6"}]}]

Ubuntu:25.10 freerdp3

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.16.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.5"}]}]

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS freerdp3

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.24.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"}]}]

References

advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8432-1
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45700
report https://launchpad.net/bugs/2149819