GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-c5h8-cq4v-cvfm Improper Authentication in pip

HIGH Published 2022-05-24 Modified 2024-10-14 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2013-5123
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pip
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-287
Reviewed
2022-07-07

Affected packages

• PyPI pip: < 1.5 → fixed in 1.5

Description

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2013-5123 The mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) in Python Pip before 1.5 uses insecure DNS querying and authenticity checks which allows… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References