CVE-2008-0299

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.62% (76th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–6.5

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v2.03.7lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
python software foundation paramiko= 1.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python_software_foundation:paramiko:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI paramiko< 1.7.1-3osvUSpkg:pypi/paramiko
PyPI paramiko< 1.7.2osvUSpkg:pypi/paramiko

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-wqmm-q65g-2hqrParamiko Unsafe randomness usage may allow access to sensitive information2022-05-01ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2008-82008-01-16vendor · osvUS
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.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-01-16modified 2026-06-16

references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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