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CVE-2026-1703: python packaging authority pip Path Traversal

CVSS: 2.0v4.0LowDeferred
AliasesSUSE-SU-2026:0420-1SUSE-SU-2026:0805-1SUSE-SU-2026:20423-1
Published 02-02-2026Last modified 02-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-1703 is a low (CVSS 2.0) Path Traversal vulnerability in python packaging authority pip. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.0/10
010
Low · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 19 · Related 20
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11690-1SUSE-SU-2026:22018-1SUSE-SU-2026:2387-1SUSE-SU-2026:2664-1SUSE-SU-2026:3601-1SUSE-SU-2026:3635-1

Timeline

  1. 02-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

8 scores · 8 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.40% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard56 products
  • airflow-2< 2.11.2-r9
  • ansible-operator< 1.42.0-r8
  • ansible-operator-fips< 1.42.0-r6
  • awx< 24.6.1-r26
  • bazel-module-rules_python-1.6.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi21 products
  • dask-gateway< 2025.4.0-r7
  • dask-gateway-server< 2025.4.0-r7
  • datadog-agent-7.72< 7.72.4-r8
  • datadog-agent-7.72-core-integrations< 7.72.4-r8
  • datadog-agent-7.73< 7.73.3-r5
Suse5 products
  • python-pip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4< 22.3.1-150400.17.19.1
  • python-pip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7< 22.3.1-150400.17.19.1
  • python-pip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0< 25.0.1-160000.3.1
  • python-pip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0< 25.0.1-160000.3.1
  • python-pip&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5< 10.0.1-13.23.2 | < 10.0.1-13.17.1
Opensuse3 products
  • python-pip&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 22.3.1-150400.17.19.1
  • python-pip&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 25.0.1-160000.3.1
  • python-pip&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 26.0.1-1.1
Redhat2 products
  • python-pip< 0:26.0.1-2.1.hum1
  • python-pip-wheel< 0:26.0.1-2.1.hum1
Debian1 product
  • python-pipAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 26.0+dfsg-1
PyPI1 product
  • pip< 26.0
Python packaging authority1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-pipAll versions (No fix recorded)

9 vendors · 91 products

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