CVE-2013-1629
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pip | <1.3 | 1.3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypa | pip | {"endExcluding":"1.3"} | 1.3 |
References
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html
- http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelog
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/files
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1629
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3p5-fjj9-h8gj
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2013-8.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/pip
- http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1629
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.