CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-21668
8.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1284, CWE-190, CWE-20, CWE-427, CWE-77, CWE-78, CWE-791
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• pypa pipenv (>= 2018.10.9 < 2022.1.8)
• fedoraproject fedora 34
• fedoraproject fedora 35
• fedoraproject fedora 36
Related
Weakness · CWE (7)
- CWE-1284 Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input weakness
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
- CWE-791 Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements weakness
References
- https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/commit/439782a8ae36c4762c88e43d5f0d8e563371b46f Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/releases/tag/v2022.1.8 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/security/advisories/GHSA-qc9x-gjcv-465w Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56HBA3EOSLEDNCCBJVHE6DO34P56EOUM/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KCROBYHUS6DKQPCXBRPCZ5CDBNQTYAWT/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHQRIWKDP3SVJABAPEXBIQPKDI6UP7G4/ Mailing List
- https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/commit/439782a8ae36c4762c88e43d5f0d8e563371b46f Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/releases/tag/v2022.1.8 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/security/advisories/GHSA-qc9x-gjcv-465w Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/56HBA3EOSLEDNCCBJVHE6DO34P56EOUM/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KCROBYHUS6DKQPCXBRPCZ5CDBNQTYAWT/ Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QHQRIWKDP3SVJABAPEXBIQPKDI6UP7G4/ Mailing List