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Medium RHSA-2021:4455 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: python-pip security update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Aug 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream python3-pip 0:9.0.3-20.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos platform-python-pip 0:9.0.3-20.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos python-pip 0:9.0.3-20.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::baseos python3-pip-wheel 0:9.0.3-20.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.7
    CVE-2021-3572 Public exploit

    Improper Input Validation in pip

    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 i…

    python-pip pip python-pip python-IPy Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux PyPI

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2021/rhsa-2021_4455.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3572
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3572
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3572