CVE-2021-3572

Published: Nov 10, 2021Updated: Aug 25, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-20

5.7MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

Oracle Corp.

commercial·USaka oracle

agile product lifecycle managementOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / erp

Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native EnvironmentOn-premDatabase

Databases / data-warehouse-analytics

Communications Cloud Native Core PolicyOn-premDatabase

Databases / cache-message-queue

Agile PLMOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / erp

pypa

oss-projectaka pip, pipenv, pypa/setuptools

pipLibrary

package-ecosystem

commercial·RUaka red soft

РЕД ОСOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»

commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra

Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Python Software Foundation

oss-project·USaka psf

Python-pip

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856

bugzilla.redhat.com

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

oracle.com

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

oracle.com

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