Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting python-pip package, versions <23.3+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PYTHONPIP-6035202
  • published26 Oct 2023
  • disclosed25 Oct 2023

Introduced: 25 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-5752  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable python-pip to version 23.3+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-pip package and not the python-pip package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie "pip install hg+...") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the "hg clone" call (ie "--config"). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not affect users who aren't installing from Mercurial.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1