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CVE-2008-0299

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16

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

• Python Software Foundation Paramiko: 1.7.1

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460706
• http://people.debian.org/~nion/nmu-diff/paramiko-1.6.4-1_1.6.4-1.1.patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28488
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28510
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29168
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-07.xml
• http://www.lag.net/pipermail/paramiko/2008-January/000599.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27307
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428727
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39749
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00529.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00594.html

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