{"action":"Upgrade pycrypto to 2.6 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.6","introduced":"0"}],"component":"pycrypto","cve_ids":["CVE-2012-2417"],"ecosystem":"PyPI","epss":0.02366,"exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.6"],"ghsa_id":"GHSA-v367-p58w-98h5","id":"tcs_01M5KG5MHZJV3NJX71ZA099PHE","modified_at":"2026-06-10T17:02:31.636782490Z","published_at":"2012-06-17T03:41:00Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2012-16","https://github.com/Legrandin/pycrypto/commit/9f912f13df99ad3421eff360d6a62d7dbec755c2","https://bugs.launchpad.net/pycrypto/+bug/985164","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/25/1","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081789.html","https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/blob/373ea760f21701b162e8c4912a66928ee30d401a/ChangeLog","http://secunia.com/advisories/49263","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081759.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081713.html","http://www.osvdb.org/82279","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53687","https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15083589","http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2502","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:117","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75871","https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v367-p58w-98h5"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"PYSEC-2012-16","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2012-16"}],"summary":"PyCrypto before 2.6 does not produce appropriate prime numbers when using an ElGamal scheme to generate a key, which reduces the signature space or public key space and makes it easier for attackers t"}