CVE-2013-1629 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2013-08-06

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 39.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-g3p5-fjj9-h8gj	Improper Input Validation in pip

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.39922.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelog
http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/files

History

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Subscriptions

Pypa Pip

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-08-06T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:25:45.478Z

Reserved: 2013-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1629

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-08-06T02:52:10.177

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1629

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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