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putty — security advisory
PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.
- Products
- putty
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2003-0048
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
PuTTY 0.53b and earlier does not clear logon credentials from memory, including plaintext passwords, which could allow attackers with access to memory to steal the SSH credentials.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0048
putty
Fixed versions: 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
putty
Fixed versions: 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
putty
Fixed versions: 0.53-b-2003-01-04-1
Complete source record
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