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SCA: security update for pip (GHSA-g3p5-fjj9-h8gj)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414821

Description

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

 - 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. (CVE-2013-1629)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3p5-fjj9-h8gj

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 414821

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1629

BID: 61573

cwe: CWE-20