Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting pip package, versions [,1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-PIP-40179
  • published1 Aug 2017
  • disclosed4 Jan 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Jan 2012

CVE-2013-1629  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Overview

pip is the PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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 Scores

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