CVE-2026-1703

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-22: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

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

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