{"cve":"CVE-2026-1703","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-02T15:16:30.510","modified":"2026-06-17T10:16:21.700","status":"Deferred","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.","cvss_v4":{"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","score":2.0},"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9594e05d02ca05a413a2a4e7735","https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13777","https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/WIEA34D4TABF2UNQJAOMXKCICSPBE2DJ/"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:22:27.261130201+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-1703","score":0.00436,"percentile":0.37956,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-6vgw-5pg2-w6jp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6vgw-5pg2-w6jp","summary":"pip Path Traversal vulnerability","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:34.266257578Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"pip","purl":"pkg:pypi/pip","ranges":["<26.0"],"fixed":["26.0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1796","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-1796","summary":"pip Path Traversal vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:48:06.240646692Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"pip","purl":"pkg:pypi/pip","ranges":["<26.0"],"fixed":["26.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}