CVE-2026-1703Low▾ Sunlitpip Path Traversal vulnerability
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 13.8 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via OSV
0.4%
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.4% → 0.4%
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.
pip < 26.0Upgrade to a patched release:
pip 26.0Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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