VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-1629
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.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 6.22%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.22% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pypa/pip
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelogRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.