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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| 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. | |
| Title | Limited path traversal when installing wheel archives | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: PSF
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-02T14:45:44.871Z
Reserved: 2026-01-30T15:17:22.133Z
Link: CVE-2026-1703
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-02T15:16:30.510
Modified: 2026-02-02T15:16:30.510
Link: CVE-2026-1703
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