Is CVE-2012-4523 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-4523 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-4523?

CVE-2012-4523 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-4523?

CVE-2012-4523 has an EPSS score of 1.76% (75th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4523?

Upgrade radsecproxy on debian 11 to 1.6.2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-4523

MEDIUMEPSS 75th pctl

6.4

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

radsecproxy before 1.6.1 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to the block being used for verifying the certificate chain, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof clients.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

radsecproxyDebian

Fixed in:1.6.2-1CVE-2012-4523

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

75thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 75% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references7

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.