CVE-2022-21668

NameCVE-2022-21668
Descriptionpipenv is a Python development workflow tool. Starting with version 2018.10.9 and prior to version 2022.1.8, a flaw in pipenv's parsing of requirements files allows an attacker to insert a specially crafted string inside a comment anywhere within a requirements.txt file, which will cause victims who use pipenv to install the requirements file to download dependencies from a package index server controlled by the attacker. By embedding malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server, the attacker can trigger arbitrary remote code execution (RCE) on the victims' systems. If an attacker is able to hide a malicious `--index-url` option in a requirements file that a victim installs with pipenv, the attacker can embed arbitrary malicious code in packages served from their malicious index server that will be executed on the victim's host during installation (remote code execution/RCE). When pip installs from a source distribution, any code in the setup.py is executed by the install process. This issue is patched in version 2022.1.8. The GitHub Security Advisory contains more information about this vulnerability.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pipenv (PTS)buster11.9.0-1fixed
bullseye11.9.0-1.1fixed
bookworm2022.12.19+ds-1fixed
sid, trixie2023.12.1+ds-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pipenvsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- pipenv <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not uploaded)
https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/security/advisories/GHSA-qc9x-gjcv-465w
https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/releases/tag/v2022.1.8
https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/pull/4899 (v2022.1.8)
Introduced by: https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/commit/742988169333ba14a4b2b6f527a604d6f0bc9e09 (v2018.10.9)
Fixed by: https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/commit/167909839a95ef5aa379fe12d4564b2b829cc175 (v2022.1.8)

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