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CVE-2012-5642

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.12% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ raw.github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2012-5642
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.12%

Original NVD 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.