Pip
Vendor:
First CVE: Aug 6, 2013 · Active for 12 years
9
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 86% of tracked products
1.3
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 55% of tracked products
5.2
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 9% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Pip over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Aug 6, 2013
12 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 1, 2026
52 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Pip9 CVEs
33%
44%
22%
All CVEs352,101 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local3 (33.3%)
Network3 (33.3%)
Unknown3 (33.3%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low5 (55.6%)
High1 (11.1%)
Unknown3 (33.3%)
User Interaction
None4 (44.4%)
Unknown3 (33.3%)
Required2 (22.2%)
Privileges Required
Low3 (33.3%)
High0 (0.0%)
None3 (33.3%)
Unknown3 (33.3%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
9 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-8643MEDIUM pip would treat console_scripts and gui_scripts as paths instead of file names without sanitizing the resolved absolute path to the installation directory, leading to entry points | Jun 1, 2026 | 5.5 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2013-5123MEDIUM The mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) in Python Pip before 1.5 uses insecure DNS querying and authenticity checks which allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks. | Nov 5, 2019 | 5.9 | 27 | NO | YES |
CVE-2019-20916HIGH The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../ in a filename, as dem | Sep 4, 2020 | 7.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-20225HIGH An issue was discovered in pip (all versions) because it installs the version with the highest version number, even if the user had intended to obtain a private package from a priv | May 8, 2020 | 7.8 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-3572MEDIUM 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 repo | Nov 10, 2021 | 5.7 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2013-1629MEDIUM pip before 1.3 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on package contents, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execu | Aug 6, 2013 | 6.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie "pip install
hg+...") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could
be used to inject arbitrary configur | Oct 25, 2023 | 3.3 | 15 | NO | NO |
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. | Aug 17, 2013 | 2.1 | 15 | NO | NO |
pip 1.3 through 1.5.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of package installation) by creating a /tmp/pip-build-* file for another user. | Nov 24, 2014 | 2.1 | 11 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
11.1% of CVEs· 89th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Pip
Top CWEs
Versions
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