CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-1703
When pip is installing and extracting a maliciously crafted wheel archive, files may be extracted outside the installation directory. The path traversal is limited to prefixes of the installation directory, thus isn't able to inject or overwrite executable files in typical situations.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"collectionURL":"https://pypi.org","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"pip","product":"pip","repo":"https://github.com/pypa/pip","vendor":"Python Packaging Authority","versions":[{"lessThan":"26.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"python"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7e79221b2a7442dcafb6b15563101a00365de4c2df2c24ab8212d855e1988a99 · sha256:0497565053229b86… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":2,"baseSeverity":"LOW","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":…
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7e79221b2a7442dcafb6b15563101a00365de4c2df2c24ab8212d855e1988a99 · sha256:0497565053229b86… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7e79221b2a7442dcafb6b15563101a00365de4c2df2c24ab8212d855e1988a99 · sha256:0497565053229b86… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9594e05d02ca05a413a2a4e7735"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7e79221b2a7442dcafb6b15563101a00365de4c2df2c24ab8212d855e1988a99 · sha256:0497565053229b86… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13777"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7e79221b2a7442dcafb6b15563101a00365de4c2df2c24ab8212d855e1988a99 · sha256:0497565053229b86… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/WIEA34D4TABF2UNQJAOMXKCICSPBE2DJ/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7e79221b2a7442dcafb6b15563101a00365de4c2df2c24ab8212d855e1988a99 · sha256:0497565053229b86… · /containers/cna/references/2
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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