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
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-02T15:16:30.510

Modified: 2026-02-02T15:16:30.510

Link: CVE-2026-1703

cve-icon Redhat

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