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CVE-2012-4571

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4571 describes a vulnerability in Python Keyring 0.9.1 where insecure cipher initialization for CryptedFileKeyring files allows local users to more easily brute-force passwords. This low-severity issue (CVSS 2.1) has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:keyring:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: keyringFixed in: 0.9.2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3Fixed in: python-keyring
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: python-keyring

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-p3h7-3c45-qj4vhigh

Python Keyring does not securely initialize encryption cipher

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-4571Low

python-keyring: weak encryption in keyring

May 26, 2012

References

pypi.python.org / pypi/keyring
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/python-keyring/+bug/1004845
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/8
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1634-1