🛡️ CVE-2022-21668 on PyPI (Root.io) — pipenv

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-21668 as tracked by PyPI (Root.io), for the package pipenv. The fix is available in version 2021.5.29+aikido.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2022-21668 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-PYPI-CVE-2022-21668 is recorded against 2 packages.

• pipenv (fixed in 2021.5.29+aikido.1)
• rootio-pipenv (fixed in 2021.5.29+root.io.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Other advisories for this package

pipenv has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• UBUNTU-CVE-2026-13346 (published 29 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-21668 (8.0 High, published 10 Jan 2022)
• UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21668 (published 10 Jan 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

• CVE-2022-29211 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29207 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29201 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29192 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2016-1517 (published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29213 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29191 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-29212 (5.0 Medium, published 9 Jul 2026)

CVE-2022-21668 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Affected Packages

References