CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-48851
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.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"PuTTY","vendor":"PuTTY","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.84","status":"affected","version":"0.77","versionType":"custom"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ad145575373908f545ba5539deb21e262c37068306fcdf846f978d7e1f3c6e3a · sha256:d469bb20d473f11d… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":3.1,"baseSeverity":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ad145575373908f545ba5539deb21e262c37068306fcdf846f978d7e1f3c6e3a · sha256:d469bb20d473f11d… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-451","description":"CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ad145575373908f545ba5539deb21e262c37068306fcdf846f978d7e1f3c6e3a · sha256:d469bb20d473f11d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2026/000042.html"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ad145575373908f545ba5539deb21e262c37068306fcdf846f978d7e1f3c6e3a · sha256:d469bb20d473f11d… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/telnet-trust-sigil.html"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:ad145575373908f545ba5539deb21e262c37068306fcdf846f978d7e1f3c6e3a · sha256:d469bb20d473f11d… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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