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CVE-2026-8643

pip can extract console_scripts and gui_scripts outside installation directory

Medium4.1EPSS 0.32%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
PSF

Description

pip would treat console_scripts and gui_scripts as paths instead of file names without sanitizing the resolved absolute path to the installation directory, leading to entry points being installed outside the installation directory.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By PSF

  2. · 18 days later

    Published

  3. · 4 months later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-8643, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
PSFCNA (assigner)4.0Medium4.1CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
redhat-SADPADP (enrichment)3.1High8.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified4.0Medium4.1CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.1.

Weakness

Affected products

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

References (42)

Sources

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