๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-48850

LOW 3.7
CVSS Score
3.7
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

PuTTY 0.72 before 0.84 has a double free in RSA KEX.

CWE CWE-415
Vendor putty
Product putty
Published May 25, 2026
Last Updated May 26, 2026
Stay Ahead of the Next One

Get instant alerts for putty putty

Be the first to know when new low vulnerabilities affecting putty putty are published โ€” delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.

Get Free Alerts โ†’ Free ยท No credit card ยท 60 sec setup

CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

PuTTY / PuTTY
0.72 < 0.84

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
lists.tartarus.org: https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2026/000042.html chiark.greenend.org.uk: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/rsakex-double-free.html