{"id":"CVE-2026-48850","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-48850","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:30:40.711Z","title":"PuTTY 0.72 before 0.84 has a double free in RSA KEX.","description":"PuTTY 0.72 before 0.84 has a double free in RSA KEX.","published":"2026-05-25T21:16:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-24T10:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["putty/putty"],"epss":{"score":0.0032,"percentile":0.24827,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2026/000042.html","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/rsakex-double-free.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48850","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}