GHSA-6q3h-v425-7xx2

GHSA-6q3h-v425-7xx2 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

The ssh_agent_channel_data function in PuTTY before 0.68 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large length value in an agent protocol message and leveraging the ability to connect to the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-6q3h-v425-7xx2

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-6q3h-v425-7xx2/fixes/registry"

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