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CVE-2022-24302
In Paramiko before 2.10.1, a race condition (between creation and chmod) in the write_private_key_file function could allow unauthorized…
Medium5.9EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
In Paramiko before 2.10.1, a race condition (between creation and chmod) in the write_private_key_file function could allow unauthorized information disclosure.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIparamikoGHSA-f8q4-jwww-x3wv (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/blob/363a28d94cada17f012c1604a3c99c71a2bda003/paramiko/pkey.py#L546 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.paramiko.org/changelog.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220321 [SECURITY] [DLA 2959-1] paramiko security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-bb5c461682 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-8eb95d8611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-806492f1d1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220912 [SECURITY] [DLA 3104-1] paramiko security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00020.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-f8q4-jwww-x3wv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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