pip would incorrectly handle doubly-encoded package URLs from indexes allowing for files to be installed to arbitrary locations on disk even when installing wheels. This vulnerability requires downloading or installing a package from a malicious package index to succeed, malicious packages alone are not able to exploit this vulnerability. Note that this vulnerability only materially impacts users running `pip download` with the `--only-binary` option as installing source distributions from an untrusted index is already an unsafe operation that executes code during install time.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/14110 Issue Tracking, Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.6 · pypaNVD modified 2026-10-24 13:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/14110 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/L2BNQGGVQCEV7DROOORQ7WFKKFF2OOQX/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/29/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory