pip before 1.3 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on package contents, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response to a “pip install” operation.
www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html
www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/news.html#changelog
www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/17rfh7/warning_dont_use_pip_in_an_untrusted_network_a
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968059
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3p5-fjj9-h8gj
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2013-8.yaml
github.com/pypa/pip/issues/425
github.com/pypa/pip/pull/791/files
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1629