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CVE-2022-24302

high

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.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U63MJ2VOLLQ35R7CYNREUHSXYLWNPVSB/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPMKRUS4HO3P7NR7P4Y6CLHB4MBEE3AI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LUEUEGILZ7MQXRSUF5VMMO4SWJQVPTQL/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00013.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00032.html

https://www.paramiko.org/changelog.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/12/msg00020.html

https://github.com/paramiko/paramiko/blob/363a28d94cada17f012c1604a3c99c71a2bda003/paramiko/pkey.py#L546

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-03-17

Updated: 2025-12-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00443