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CVE-2021-3572
A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue…
Medium5.7EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
python-pip
- affected fixed in python-pip 21.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8x (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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