CVE-2013-1888

lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.36% (30th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

6 products

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.8–6.2

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v2.01.8lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vvImproper Link Resolution Before File Access in pip2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.
PYSEC-2013-92013-08-17vendor · osvUS
pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 2013-08-17modified 2026-06-16

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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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