Description
PuTTY through 0.75 proceeds with establishing an SSH session even if it has never sent a substantive authentication response. This makes it easier for an attacker-controlled SSH server to present a later spoofed authentication prompt (that the attacker can use to capture credential data, and use that data for purposes that are undesired by the client user).
References
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/changes.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
CVSS impact metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
8.1 · High
Information
Source identifier
Vulnerability status
Modified
Published
2021-07-09T21:15:08.540Z
5 years agoLast modified
2026-06-17T03:58:45.173Z
3 months ago