HIGH
Paramiko insecure use of RandomPool
Published Jan 16, 2008
7.1
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.62%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.7.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
7.1 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality High
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
6.5 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.62% 0.01620
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01620
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.62% (0.01620) | 75.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.62% (0.01620) | 72.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.55% (0.01553) | 80.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.91% (0.00912) | 83.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00461) | 75.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 74.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 22, 2024 | 0.44% (0.00436) | 72.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00447) | 71.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (22)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460706 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://people.debian.org/~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28488 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28510 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29168 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0299 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39749 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqr Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/paramiko/PYSEC-2008-8.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0299
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080205095439/http://secunia.com/advisories/28488
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080627172450/http://secunia.com/advisories/28510
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080628232710/http://secunia.com/advisories/29168
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080720033315/http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081012023428/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0299
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 16, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0299
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-WQMM-Q65G-2HQR Updated n/a