pip Path Traversal vulnerability
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.
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-1703US | — | — | ||
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 t… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/pypa/pipPACKAGE
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9594e05d02ca05a413a2a4e7735WEB
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13777WEB
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/WIEA34D4TABF2UNQJAOMXKCICSPBE2DJWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1703ADVISORY
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