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putty — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14002

PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).

Products
putty
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.74-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-14002
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14002

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Jun 2020, 18:15 UTC

PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14002

putty

Fixed versions: 0.74-1

putty

Fixed versions: 0.74-1

putty

Fixed versions: 0.74-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:00:40.894818209Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 451264,
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