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OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20202-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-02-11 19:17 - Updated: 2026-02-11 19:17

Summary

Security update for python-pip

Notes

Title of the patch

Security update for python-pip

Description of the patch

This update for python-pip fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-1703: files may be extracted outside the installation directory when installing and extracting maliciously crafted wheel archives (bsc#1257599).

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CVE-2026-1703 (GCVE-0-2026-1703)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-02 14:43 – Updated: 2026-02-02 17:21

Title

Limited path traversal when installing wheel archives

Summary

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.

Severity ?

2 (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

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

PSF

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13777	patch
	https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9…	patch
	https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-an…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Python Packaging Authority	pip	Affected: 0 , < 26.0 (python)

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20202-1

CVE-2026-1703 (GCVE-0-2026-1703)

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