CVE-2013-5123

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Published 2022-05-24 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
1.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-5123

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5123.html

Exploits

Exploit-DB

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.4.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.1-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpip<1.51.5

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.