Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3458

Title: Python Beaker Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-3458.

CWE Category CWE-310

Published Date Sep 15, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3458: 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.

Impacted Vendors

python 1

beaker-project 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/50226 http://secunia.com/advisories/50520 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2541 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/10 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809267 https://github.com/bbangert/beaker/commit/91becae76101cf87ce8cbfabe3af2622fc328fe5 http://secunia.com/advisories/50226 http://secunia.com/advisories/50520 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2541 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/13/10 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=809267 https://github.com/bbangert/beaker/commit/91becae76101cf87ce8cbfabe3af2622fc328fe5

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3458 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

September 15, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.