GHSA-6q48-6c7w-9gw2: Pip/certifi vulnerability

Published Oct 20, 2026
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Updated

Certifi versions before 2026.10.18 include the emSign ECC Root CA - G3 root certificate in their bundled CA store. Eight eMudhra intermediate CA certificates that chain to this root have compromised private keys and the CA has revoked them.

An attacker with one of the compromised keys can issue valid-looking certificates for any hostname. If the attacker is also on-path, they can intercept or modify TLS traffic from clients that trust the certifi bundle. Examples include requests, urllib3 and pip, and the Python.org macOS installer.

Certifi 2026.10.18 removed all emSign roots from the bundle. Certifi 2026.10.19 restored the emSign roots that are not affected. Upgrade to 2026.10.19 or later, and rebuild container images that vendor certifi.

Affected Software

1 affected componentFixes available
pip/certifi>=2019.03.09<2026.10.19
2026.10.19

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade pip/certifi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2026.10.19
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade certifi to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2026.10.19
  3. Operational

    Rebuild container images that vendor certifi.

Event History

Oct 20, 2026
Advisory Published
via GitHub·07:35 PM
Data Sourced
via GitHub·07:35 PM
DescriptionWeaknessAffected Software

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