CVE-2013-1629

high

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/files

https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059

http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelog

http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-08-06

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.39922