CVE-2026-48851

Summary

CVECVE-2026-48851
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-25 21:16:35 UTC
Updated2026-05-27 19:12:40 UTC
DescriptionPuTTY 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 3.1 LOW from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.000300000 probability, percentile 0.090710000 (date 2026-05-27)

Problem Types: CWE-451 | CWE-451 CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary3.1LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1CNACVSS3.1LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Putty Putty All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA PuTTY PuTTY affected 0.77 0.84 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/telnet-trust-sigil.html [email protected] www.chiark.greenend.org.uk Patch, Vendor Advisory
lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2026/000042.html [email protected] lists.tartarus.org Release Notes
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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