CVE-2021-3572
HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.8%
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
- python-pip
- CVSS v4.0 GitHub
- 7.1 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 5.7 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 3.5 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - EPSS
- 1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 79th percentile
- Published
- 2021-11-10
- Updated
- 2026-10-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- frenzymadness/CVE-2021-35722★ · 2021-06-07
- litios/cve_2021_3572-old-pip0★ · 2022-05-18
Security advisories
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- advisories/GHSA-5xp3-jfq3-5q8x