GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8x Improper Input Validation in pip

HIGH Published 2021-11-15 Modified 2024-10-11 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-3572
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pip
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2021-11-12

Affected packages

• PyPI pip: < 21.1 → fixed in 21.1

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-3572 A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References