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Amazon Linux 2 : python-pip, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3256 (ALAS-2026-3256)

low Nessus Plugin ID 311223

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3256 advisory.

 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update python-pip' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3256' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2026-3256.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-1703.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 311223

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3256.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2026

Updated: 4/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-pip, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-pip

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1703