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SCA: security update for pip (GHSA-6vgw-5pg2-w6jp)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437460

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-1703)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6vgw-5pg2-w6jp

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 437460

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/3/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 0.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1703

cwe: CWE-22