CVE-2026-1703 — Limited path traversal when installing wheel archives
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 o…
Published: 2026-02-02 · CVSS: 2.0 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7