CVE-2012-3458 json
Beaker Sensitive Information Disclosure vulnerability
published 2012-09-15 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-39vm-p9mr-4r27 , PYSEC-2012-1 , EUVD-2012-0002
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.5%
- EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Beaker before 1.6.4, when using PyCrypto to encrypt sessions, uses AES in ECB cipher mode, which might allow remote attackers to obtain portions of sensitive session data via unspecified vectors.
Patch / fix
- pypi beaker 1.6.4, 1.6.5.post1
- beaker Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.3-1.1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3458
- python-Beaker openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.13.0-2.4
- python-Beaker openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.11.0-5.5
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11987-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11203-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3458 updated cvss 4.0
python-beaker: weak use of crypto can leak information to remote attackers
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 python-beakernot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | beaker | <1.6.4 <1.6.5.post1 |
1.6.4 1.6.5.post1 |
Classification
References
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github.com
/bbangert/beaker/commit/91becae76101cf87ce8cbfabe3af2622fc328fe5
web, patch
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debian.org
/security/2012/dsa-2541
vendor-advisory, web, advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/50226
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory, advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/50520
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory, advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/10
mailing-list, web
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=809267
web, report
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3458
advisory
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github.com
/bbangert/beaker
package
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/beaker/PYSEC-2012-1.yaml
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20140724164516/http://secunia.com/advisories/50226
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20140725025612/http://secunia.com/advisories/50520
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-39vm-p9mr-4r27
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-3458
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-39vm-p9mr-4r27
- NVD CVE-2012-3458
- OSV PYSEC-2012-1
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.