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CVE-2021-3572

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-11-10 · updated 2026-10-08
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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 repository. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This is fixed in python-pip version 21.1.

Affected products

• Oracle Corporation Oracle Agile PLM: 9.3.6
• Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment: 1.10.0, 22.1.0
• Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy: 1.15.0, 22.1.3
• Python Packaging Authority pip: before 21.1 — fixed in 21.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Python Packaging Authority pip 21.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1962856
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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