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CVE-2008-0299

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0299 describes a vulnerability in Paramiko 1.7.1 and earlier, specifically within its common.py component, where improper use of RandomPool in multi-threaded or multi-process environments allows for information disclosure. An attacker could potentially predict the state of the random pool, enabling one session to obtain sensitive data from another. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:paramiko:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: paramikoFixed in: 1.7.1-3

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqrhigh

Paramiko Unsafe randomness usage may allow access to sensitive information

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2008-0299Low

Paramiko insecure use of RandomPool

Jan 13, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
people.debian.org / ~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28488
secunia.com / advisories/28510
secunia.com / advisories/29168
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200803-07.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39749
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html
lag.net / pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html
securityfocus.com / bid/27307