pipenv is a Python development workflow tool. Starting with version 2018.10.9 and prior to version 2022.1.8, a flaw in pipenv's parsing of requirements files allows an attacker to insert a specially crafted string inside a comment anywhere within a requirements.txt file, which will cause victims who use pipenv to install the requirements file to download dependencies from a package index server controlled by the attacker. By embedding malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server, the attacker can trigger arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) on the victims' systems. If an attacker is able to hide a malicious `--index-url` option in a requirements file that a victim installs with pipenv, the attacker can embed arbitrary malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server that will be executed on the victim's host during installation (remote code execution/RCE). When pip installs from a source distribution, any code in the setup.py is executed by the install process. This issue is patched in version 2022.1.8. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about this vulnerability.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - pipenv is a Python development workflow tool. Starting with version 2018.10.9 and prior to version     2022.1.8, a flaw in pipenv's parsing of requirements files allows an attacker to insert a specially     crafted string inside a comment anywhere within a requirements.txt file, which will cause victims who use     pipenv to install the requirements file to download dependencies from a package index server controlled by     the attacker. By embedding malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server, the     attacker can trigger arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) on the victims' systems. If an attacker is able     to hide a malicious `--index-url` option in a requirements file that a victim installs with pipenv, the     attacker can embed arbitrary malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server that will     be executed on the victim's host during installation (remote code execution/RCE). When pip installs from a     source distribution, any code in the setup.py is executed by the install process. This issue is patched in     version 2022.1.8. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about this vulnerability.
    (CVE-2022-21668)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - pipenv is a Python development workflow tool. Starting with version 2018.10.9 and prior to version
    2022.1.8, a flaw in pipenv's parsing of requirements files allows an attacker to insert a specially
    crafted string inside a comment anywhere within a requirements.txt file, which will cause victims who use
    pipenv to install the requirements file to download dependencies from a package index server controlled by
    the attacker. By embedding malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server, the
    attacker can trigger arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) on the victims' systems. If an attacker is able
    to hide a malicious `--index-url` option in a requirements file that a victim installs with pipenv, the
    attacker can embed arbitrary malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server that will
    be executed on the victim's host during installation (remote code execution/RCE). When pip installs from a
    source distribution, any code in the setup.py is executed by the install process. This issue is patched in
    version 2022.1.8. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about this vulnerability.
    (CVE-2022-21668)

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-8a01f4e871 advisory.

    Automatic update for pipenv-2021.5.29-7.fc37.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Thu Feb 24 2022 Tomas Orsava <torsava@redhat.com> - 2021.5.29-7
    - Fix for CVE-2022-21668     Resolves: rhbz#2039830

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
259814	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-21668	Nessus	Misc.	high
418049	SCA: security update for pipenv (GHSA-qc9x-gjcv-465w)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
418049	SCA: security update for pipenv (GHSA-qc9x-gjcv-465w)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
210974	Fedora 37 : pipenv (2022-8a01f4e871)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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