CVE-2013-1629

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1629
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-08-06 02:52:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionpip 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pypa Pip All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SSL certificate verification. by qwcode · Pull Request #791 · pypa/pip · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
968059 – (CVE-2013-1629) CVE-2013-1629 python-pip: insecure installation mechanism af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
pip should not execute arbitrary code from the Internet · Issue #425 · pypa/pip · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
News — pip 1.4.1 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pip-installer.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Installing pip — pip v0.9.0.pre1 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.pip-installer.org Vendor Advisory
Warning: don't use pip in an untrusted network! – a practical man-in-the-middle attack on pip : Python af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.reddit.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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