CVE-2022-24302: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 34 only; version 35 only; version 36 only
• Paramiko Paramiko: before 2.10.1 (fixed in 2.10.1)

Published 2022-03-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.