CVE-2021-3572 (GCVE-0-2021-3572)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-10 17:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a python-pip Affected: fixed in python-pip 21.1
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