Bug 2436000 (CVE-2026-1703)

Summary: CVE-2026-1703 pip: pip: Information disclosure via path traversal when installing crafted wheel archives
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: alinfoot, anpicker, anthomas, aprice, bbrownin, bdettelb, bparees, brasmith, cahl, caswilli, cochase, crizzo, derez, dfreiber, doconnor, dranck, drow, dschmidt, dtrifiro, eborisov, ebourniv, eglynn, ehelms, erezende, ggainey, gtanzill, hasun, jburrell, jbuscemi, jcantril, jdobes, jfula, jjoyce, jkoehler, jlanda, jmitchel, jowilson, jpasqual, jsamir, juwatts, jwong, kaycoth, kbempah, kgaikwad, kshier, lball, lgallett, ljawale, lphiri, luizcosta, mattdavi, mburns, mgarciac, mhulan, mrunge, msilmser, ngough, nmoumoul, nweather, nyancey, oezr, omaciel, ometelka, orabin, osousa, pakotvan, pcreech, ptisnovs, rbobbitt, rbryant, rchan, rhel-process-autobot, rojacob, sbunciak, sdawley, simaishi, smallamp, smcdonal, solenoci, stcannon, sthirugn, syedriko, teagle, tmalecek, ttakamiy, veshanka, vimartin, vkumar, watson-tool-maintainers, weaton, xdharmai, yguenane, zzhou
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A flaw was found in pip. A remote attacker could exploit this path traversal vulnerability by tricking a user into installing a maliciously crafted wheel archive. This could lead to files being extracted outside the intended installation directory, potentially disclosing sensitive information.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-02 16:01:19 UTC 
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.