CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-1703

2.0 LOW Published 2026-02-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-02-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
2.0 LOW — 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
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References