🛡️ CVE-2012-4571 — keyring

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-326 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Python Keyring does not securely initialize encryption cipher

Python Keyring 0.9.1 does not securely initialize the cipher when encrypting passwords for CryptedFileKeyring files, which makes it easier for local users to obtain passwords via a brute-force attack.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-4571 is classified as CWE-326: Inadequate Encryption Strength. Encryption is applied, but with a key length or scheme too weak to resist a realistic attacker.

Affected software

CVE-2012-4571 is recorded against 1 package.

  • keyring (fixed in 0.9.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 27 September 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
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github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
bugs.launchpad.net (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
pypi.python.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.ubuntu.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
CWE CWE-326
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-09-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
keyring — 0.9.2

References

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