CVE-2021-3572

MEDIUM5.7EPSS 0.24%

Improper Input Validation in pip

Published: 11/15/2021Modified: 3/24/2026
Also known as:GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8xPYSEC-2021-437

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.

Affected packages (3)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM5.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References (13)