Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-1703: 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.
Fixed packages 3
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-pip-wheel | 0:20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.16 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python2-pip | 0:20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.16 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-pip | 0:20.2.2-1.amzn2.0.16 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Low 2.0
Limited path traversal when installing wheel archives
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 fi…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-1703.html