GHSA-v367-p58w-98h5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — PyCrypto makes Use of Insufficiently Random Values
PyCrypto before 2.6 does not produce appropriate prime numbers when using an ElGamal scheme to generate a key, which reduces the signature space or public key space and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force attacks to obtain the private key.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2417 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.09%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-04-06 | 3.82% | 4.09% | +0.26% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 8.89% | 3.82% | -5.07% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 8.89% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-v367-p58w-98h5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — PyCrypto makes Use of Insufficiently Random Values
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2012-2417: 1 GLSA(s) (201206-23), 1 atom(s) (dev-python/pycrypto); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-2417 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2417 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2012-2417 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-crypto), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2417 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| dlitz | pycrypto | <= 2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.1:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.9:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.9:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.9:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.9:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.9:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:1.9:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.1.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.1.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dlitz | pycrypto | 2.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:dlitz:pycrypto:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |