CVE-2013-1629
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.062 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.4
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-g3p5-fjj9-h8gjImproper Input Validation in pip2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2013-82013-08-06vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (18)
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- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelogcnnvd
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059cnnvd
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425cnnvd
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/filescnnvd
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelogenisa_euvd
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