VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-5642

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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