CVE-2019-17068: opensuse leap
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2019-17068 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in opensuse leap. EPSS estimates a 1.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 01-10-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
PuTTY before 0.73 mishandles the "bracketed paste mode" protection mechanism, which may allow a session to be affected by malicious clipboard content.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.81%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
79%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.81% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- putty< 0.73-r0
Debian1 product
- putty< 0.73-1
Opensuse1 product
- leapEOL15.0 | 15.1
Putty1 product
- putty< 0.73
Ubuntu1 product
- puttyAll versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 5 products
References
9 links- lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2019/000029.htmlX Refsource MISCREPORTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00020.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00021.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00030.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191127-0003/X Refsource CONFIRM
