Reachable Assertion Affecting putty package, versions [0.71,0.84)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PUTTY-16875108
  • published26 May 2026
  • disclosed25 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 May 2026

CVE-2026-48852  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade putty to version 0.84 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reachable Assertion via the ECDSA signature verification process. An attacker can cause the application to terminate unexpectedly by sending specially crafted ECDSA signatures.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1