Bug 2482685

Summary:	CVE-2026-8643 pypy: Path traversal via malicious entry point name in pip wheel installation allows arbitrary file overwrite [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Marco Benatto <mbenatto>
Component:	pypy	Assignee:	Python Maintainers <python-maint>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	rawhide	CC:	mhroncok, python-maint, python-packagers-sig, thrnciar
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["087c6c9d-bbe5-4276-bb3f-57629c4c5b8b"]}
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Last Closed:	2026-07-01 12:16:56 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2460927

Description Marco Benatto 2026-05-28 13:48:09 UTC

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Comment 1 Miro Hrončok 2026-07-01 12:16:56 UTC

pypy has:

Provides: bundled(python2dist(pip)) = 20.0.2
Provides: bundled(python2dist(distlib)) = 0.3.0

And is not *yet* vulnerable to this CVE.