CVE•Published 2026-05-25•Modified 2026-05-27•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-48850Putty · Putty
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
3.7
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
PuTTY 0.72 before 0.84 has a double free in RSA KEX.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-25
Modified 2026-05-27
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-48850Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Putty Putty"All exposed Putty Putty instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Putty"HTTP body or banner mentions "Putty" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-48850Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-48850Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-48850Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-48850GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-48850" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-48850 on GitHub.
We haven't classified any articles referencing CVE-2026-48850 yet. The external references above still apply.