CVE-2012-5642

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

server/action.py in Fail2ban before 0.8.8 does not properly handle the content of the matches tag, which might allow remote attackers to trigger unsafe behavior in a custom action file via unspecified symbols in this content.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Dec 31, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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