Is CVE-2013-1888 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-1888 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1888?

CVE-2013-1888 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2013-1888

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 0.4% (30th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-0026)
Published: August 17, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0026 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
pypa / pip

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105952.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105989.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106311.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/22/10(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/725(Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/734/files(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/780/files(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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