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CVE-2026-1703

Limited path traversal when installing wheel archives

Published: Feb 2, 2026Updated: Feb 3, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-22
3.5LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
L
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

Python Packaging Authority
oss-projectaka pip
pipLibrary
OSS Libraries / pypi
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Google Inc
commercial·USaka google
Android StudioOn-premDesktop App
Mobile Apps
Python Software Foundation
oss-project·USaka psf
Python-pip
OSS Libraries
PyPI
package-ecosystem
pip
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13777
github.com
https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9594e05d02ca05a413a2a4e7735
github.com
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/WIEA34D4TABF2UNQJAOMXKCICSPBE2DJ/
mail.python.org
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