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Sead Fadilpašić

Security flaw in top SSH client could let hackers recover cryptographic private keys

A computer being guarded by cybersecurity.

Multiple versions of the PuTTY SSH client were found to be vulnerable to a high-severity flaw which allowed, in certain scenarios, threat actors to exfiltrate private keys used to generate cryptographic signatures. 

As a result, the attackers could gain unauthorized access to SSH servers, or could be allowed to sign commits as a developer. 

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