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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-02-02T14:43:02.919Z

Last Modified :

2026-02-02T17:21:25.369Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-1703 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Python
  • Pip
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-1703.

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https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9594e05d02ca05a413a2a4e7735 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13777 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/WIEA34D4TABF2UNQJAOMXKCICSPBE2DJ/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1703 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1703 cve-icon
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