CVE-2013-1629
N/A
Published: August 6, 2013 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPip
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelogx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a/x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/filesQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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