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CVE-2013-1888

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 17, 18, 19
• Python Packaging Authority pip: before 1.3 — fixed in 1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Python Packaging Authority pip 1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10
• https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725

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