diff --git a/news/7402.bugfix b/news/7402.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91eb085f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/7402.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Reject VCS URLs with an empty revision.
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/vcs/versioncontrol.py b/src/pip/_internal/vcs/versioncontrol.py
index da53827cd..71b4650a2 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/vcs/versioncontrol.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/vcs/versioncontrol.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import sys
 from pip._vendor import pkg_resources
 from pip._vendor.six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib_parse
 
-from pip._internal.exceptions import BadCommand
+from pip._internal.exceptions import BadCommand, InstallationError
 from pip._internal.utils.compat import samefile
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import (
     ask_path_exists,
@@ -436,6 +436,12 @@ class VersionControl(object):
         rev = None
         if '@' in path:
             path, rev = path.rsplit('@', 1)
+            if not rev:
+                raise InstallationError(
+                    "The URL {!r} has an empty revision (after @) "
+                    "which is not supported. Include a revision after @ "
+                    "or remove @ from the URL.".format(url)
+                )
         url = urllib_parse.urlunsplit((scheme, netloc, path, query, ''))
         return url, rev, user_pass
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_vcs.py b/tests/unit/test_vcs.py
index 42fc43d68..590cb5c0b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_vcs.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_vcs.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import pytest
 from mock import patch
 from pip._vendor.packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
-from pip._internal.exceptions import BadCommand
+from pip._internal.exceptions import BadCommand, InstallationError
 from pip._internal.utils.misc import hide_url, hide_value
 from pip._internal.vcs import make_vcs_requirement_url
 from pip._internal.vcs.bazaar import Bazaar
@@ -292,6 +292,21 @@ def test_version_control__get_url_rev_and_auth__missing_plus(url):
     assert 'malformed VCS url' in str(excinfo.value)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('url', [
+    # Test a URL with revision part as empty.
+    'git+https://github.com/MyUser/myProject.git@#egg=py_pkg',
+])
+def test_version_control__get_url_rev_and_auth__no_revision(url):
+    """
+    Test passing a URL to VersionControl.get_url_rev_and_auth() with
+    empty revision
+    """
+    with pytest.raises(InstallationError) as excinfo:
+        VersionControl.get_url_rev_and_auth(url)
+
+    assert 'an empty revision (after @)' in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('url, expected', [
     # Test http.
     ('bzr+http://bzr.myproject.org/MyProject/trunk/#egg=MyProject',