CVE-2013-1629 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

pip before 1.3 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on package contents, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to a "pip install" operation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.39922.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Pypa	Pip

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-g3p5-fjj9-h8gj	Improper Input Validation in pip

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelog
http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/files

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-08-06T01:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:25:45.478Z

Reserved: 2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2013-1629

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-08-06T02:52:10.177

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-1629

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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