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.
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"nvd_published_at": "2021-11-10T18:15:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-11-12T19:41:47Z",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true
}