CVE-2021-3572

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3572
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-11-10 18:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-08-25 16:28:27 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to install a different revision on a repository. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This is fixed in python-pip version 21.1.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.7 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.016870000 probability, percentile 0.752650000 (date 2026-08-25)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-20 CWE-20

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management 9.3.6 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 1.10.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 22.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy 1.15.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy 22.1.3 All All All
Application Pypa Pip All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Python-pip affected fixed in python-pip 21.1 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
1962856 – (CVE-2021-3572) CVE-2021-3572 python-pip: Incorrect handling of unicode separators in git references af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159466 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (ELSA-2021-4160)
  • 159467 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (ELSA-2021-4162)
  • 159516 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-pip (ELSA-2021-4455)
  • 160714 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-pip (ELSA-2023-12349)
  • 180032 Debian Security Update for python-pip (CVE-2021-3572)
  • 239580 Red Hat Update for rh-python38 (RHSA-2021:3254)
  • 239827 Red Hat Update for python-pip (RHSA-2021:4455)
  • 239841 Red Hat Update for python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (RHSA-2021:4160)
  • 239845 Red Hat Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RHSA-2021:4162)
  • 296061 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 42.113.1 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 353121 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-pip : ALAS2-2022-1742
  • 377327 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python-pip (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0103)
  • 378883 Splunk Enterprise August Third Party Package Updates (SVD-2023-0808)
  • 379452 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (7123154)
  • 670726 EulerOS Security Update for python-pip (EulerOS-SA-2021-2484)
  • 670815 EulerOS Security Update for python-pip (EulerOS-SA-2021-2720)
  • 670932 EulerOS Security Update for python-pip (EulerOS-SA-2021-2695)
  • 751505 OpenSUSE Security Update for python-pip (openSUSE-SU-2021:4001-1)
  • 751507 OpenSUSE Security Update for python-pip (openSUSE-SU-2021:4002-1)
  • 751528 OpenSUSE Security Update for python-pip (openSUSE-SU-2021:1598-1)
  • 751594 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python36-pip (SUSE-SU-2022:0060-1)
  • 751597 OpenSUSE Security Update for python39-pip (openSUSE-SU-2022:0064-1)
  • 751926 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2022:0942-1)
  • 751946 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (SUSE-SU-2022:1044-1)
  • 751961 OpenSUSE Security Update for python (openSUSE-SU-2022:1091-1)
  • 751964 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python36 (SUSE-SU-2022:1094-1)
  • 751979 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python (SUSE-SU-2022:1091-1)
  • 751996 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (SUSE-SU-2022:0942-1)
  • 752011 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python39-pip (SUSE-SU-2022:0064-1)
  • 752098 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python39 (SUSE-SU-2022:1485-1)
  • 752335 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python3 (SUSE-SU-2022:2351-1)
  • 900808 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-pip (9273)
  • 901311 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python-pip (9273-1)
  • 940209 AlmaLinux Security Update for python-pip (ALSA-2021:4455)
  • 940526 AlmaLinux Security Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (ALSA-2021:4162)
  • 940559 AlmaLinux Security Update for python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (ALSA-2021:4160)
  • 960239 Rocky Linux Security Update for python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (RLSA-2021:4160)
  • 960342 Rocky Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RLSA-2021:4162)
  • 980106 Python (pip) Security Update for pip (GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8x)

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