CVE-2026-1703
LOW EPSS 30.9%
Published Feb 2, 20265mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
2.0 CVSS 4.0
Published Feb 2, 2026 5mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
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.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction A
Scope X
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
30.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt
References 3
- github.com https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9594e05d02ca05a413a2a4e7735
- github.com https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13777
- mail.python.org https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/WIEA34D4TABF2UNQJAOMXKCICSPBE2DJ/
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.