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CVE-2008-0299
common.py in Paramiko 1.7.1 and earlier, when using threads or forked processes, does not properly use RandomPool, which allows one…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
common.py in Paramiko 1.7.1 and earlier, when using threads or forked processes, does not properly use RandomPool, which allows one session to obtain sensitive information from another session by predicting the state of the pool.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIparamikoGHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqr (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0644 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- paramiko-randompool-info-disclosure(39749) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://people.debian.org/~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 28510 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29168 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28488 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0722 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460706 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0007 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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