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CVE-2019-9896

In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Windows, local attackers could hijack the application by putting a malicious help file in the same directory as the executable.

  • Published: Mar 21, 2019
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2019-9896
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
putty / putty - 0.71
opensuse / leap 15.0 15.0.x
opensuse / backports_sle 15.0 15.0.x