CVE-2008-0299: Python Software Foundation Paramiko

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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Published 2008-01-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.