What is GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhm?

GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhm is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. PuTTY 0.77 before 0.84 uses a copy of the PuTTY icon as a trust indication for TELNET data but...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhm cover?

GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhm covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-48851. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhm?

GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhm has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhmLowCVSS 3.1

PuTTY 0.77 before 0.84 uses a copy of the PuTTY icon as a trust indication for TELNET data but...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 26, 2026

Last Modified

May 26, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-48851 →

📋 Description

PuTTY 0.77 before 0.84 uses a copy of the PuTTY icon as a trust indication for TELNET data but the trust status is not cleared between proxy authentication and the main session.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48851
https://lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2026/000042.html
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/telnet-trust-sigil.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5fwp-h8j4-xmhm