CVE-2021-3572

Aliases:GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8xBIT-pip-2021-3572PYSEC-2021-437
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 31
Modified
Published: 10 Nov 2021, 17:55
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 17:01

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
23/100
CVSS Score
5.7 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.24% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Nov 2021, 17:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 17:01
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.24%• Percentile: 47%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • oracle•agile_plm

    9.3.6

  • oracle•communications_cloud_native_core_network_function_cloud_native_environment

    1.10.0 | 22.1.0

  • oracle•communications_cloud_native_core_policy

    1.15.0 | 22.1.3

  • pypa•pip

    < 21.1

  • PyPI•pip

    < 21.1

References (13)