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Low 3.1Published May 25, 2026
CVE-2026-48851PuTTY 0.77 before 0.84 uses a copy of the PuTTY icon as a trust indication for TELNET data but the trust status is not cleared between proxy authentication and the main session.
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PuTTY 0.77 before 0.84 uses a copy of the PuTTY icon as a trust indication for TELNET data but the trust status is not cleared between proxy authentication and the main session.
- CVSS
- 3.1 LOW (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-451
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
putty putty putty:putty | from 0.77 before 0.84 | NVD |
References
- https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2026/000042.htmlrelease-notes
- https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/telnet-trust-sigil.htmlpatch, vendor-advisory
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