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medium 6.2

CVE-2013-1888 json

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in pip

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-4gv5-qhvr-36vv , PYSEC-2013-9 , EUVD-2013-0026

cvss
6.2
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

pip before 1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the /tmp/pip-build temporary directory.

Patch / fix

  • pypi pip 1.3
  • pypa pip 1.3

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1888 updated cvss 2.1

python-pip: insecure temporary directory usage

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi pip
<1.3
1.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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