CVE-2026-1703
GHSA-6vgw-5pg2-w6jp
Lifecycle Timeline
3
Patch Released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 22:01 vuln.today
CVE Published
Feb 02, 2026 - 15:16 nvd
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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.
Analysis
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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