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CVE-2012-3458

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3458 describes a vulnerability in Beaker versions prior to 1.6.4, where the use of AES in ECB cipher mode for session encryption, when utilizing PyCrypto, could allow remote attackers to extract sensitive session data. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:beaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 73rd 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: beakerFixed in: 1.6.4

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-39vm-p9mr-4r27medium

Beaker Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-3458Moderate

python-beaker: weak use of crypto can leak information to remote attackers

Aug 13, 2012

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/50226
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50520
Vendor Advisory
github.com / bbangert/beaker/commit/91becae76101cf87ce8cbfabe3af2622fc328fe5
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2541
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/10