CVE-2013-1888

low

Published 2022-05-13 · Modified 2023-11-08

💬 Discuss on Community ✚ Propose mitigation

CVSS v3

—

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

—

not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

—

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 with source_tier=community-verified.

OS impact

Fedora Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
19	Affected	—
18	Affected	—
17	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0`
sid	Fixed	`0`
forky	Fixed	`0`
bullseye	Fixed	`0`
bookworm	Fixed	`0`

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

CWEs

CWE-59

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.