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-* fi
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.
- Published
- Nov 24, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 31th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
8
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
Affected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- oracle solaris11.2
- pypa pip1.3 and later · up to 1.5.6 inclusive
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | python-pip | before 1.5.6-4 | 1.5.6-4 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | python-pip | before 9.0.1-1.1 | 9.0.1-1.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | python2-pip | before 20.0.2-2.6 | 20.0.2-2.6 |
| PyPI | pip | from 1.3 · before 6.0 | 6.0 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | python39-pip | before 20.2.4-7.5.1 | 20.2.4-7.5.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | python39-setuptools | before 44.1.1-7.3.1 | 44.1.1-7.3.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | python-jmespath | before 0.9.2-10.6.1 | 0.9.2-10.6.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | python-jsonschema | before 2.2.0-3.3.1 | 2.2.0-3.3.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | python-paramiko | before 1.18.5-2.15.1 | 1.18.5-2.15.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | python-pip | before 10.0.1-11.6.1 | 10.0.1-11.6.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | python-ply | before 3.4-3.3.1 | 3.4-3.3.1 |
Same product
pypa: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-20225An issue was discovered in pip (all versions) because it installs the version with the highest version number, even if the user had intended32Monitor
- CVE-2019-20916The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition h31Monitor
- CVE-2013-1629pip before 1.3 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on package contents, which all29Monitor
- CVE-2013-5123The mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) in Python Pip before 1.5 uses insecure DNS querying and authenticity checks which allows attackers25Monitor
- CVE-2021-3572A flaw was found in python-pip in the way it handled Unicode separators in git references.23Monitor
- CVE-2026-13346pip absolute path traversal during download from malicious package indexes22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:python-pip | 1.5.6-4 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:python-pip | 9.0.1-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:python2-pip | 20.0.2-2.6 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:pip | 6.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:python-jmespath | 0.9.2-10.6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:python-jsonschema | 2.2.0-3.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:python-paramiko | 1.18.5-2.15.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:python-pip | 10.0.1-11.6.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:python-ply | 3.4-3.3.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:python39-pip | 20.2.4-7.5.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:python39-setuptools | 44.1.1-7.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
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References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/19/17
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/6
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71209
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725847
- github.com/pypa/pip/pull/2122
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.