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SCA: security update for pip (GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8x)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411089

Description

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

 - A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote
 attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository. The highest threat
 from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This is fixed in python-pip version 21.1. (CVE-2021-3572)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8x

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411089

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.86

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3572

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3572

cwe: CWE-20