K000138628 : python-pip vulnerabilities CVE-2021-3572 and CVE-2023-5752

Security Advisory Description

• CVE-2021-3572

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.

• CVE-2023-5752

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 configuration options to the “hg clone” call (ie “–config”). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not affect users who aren’t installing from Mercurial.

Impact

There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by these vulnerabilities.