SCA: security update for pip (GHSA-c5h8-cq4v-cvfm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413681

Description

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

- The mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) in Python Pip before 1.5 uses insecure DNS querying and
authenticity checks which allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks. (CVE-2013-5123)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413681

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: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-5123

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-5123

BID: 77520

cwe: CWE-287

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