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GHSA-rfxx-g57q-7c3j

GHSA-rfxx-g57q-7c3j PUBLISHED

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022

PuTTY before 0.73 on Windows improperly opens port-forwarding listening sockets, which allows attackers to listen on the same port to steal an incoming connection.

Timeline

  • May 24, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-rfxx-g57q-7c3j
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-rfxx-g57q-7c3j

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-rfxx-g57q-7c3j/fixes/registry"

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