Critical (9.8) in putty putty. EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)