python-pip: Path traversal via malicious entry point name in pip wheel installation allows arbitrary file overwrite

A flaw was found in pip, the package installer for Python. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a victim into installing a malicious Python wheel. This wheel contains specially crafted entry-point names that use directory traversal or absolute paths. This allows pip to wri...

Amazon Linux 2023 : python3.11-pip, python3.11-pip-wheel (ALAS2023-2026-1839)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1839 advisory. A flaw was found in pip, the package installer for Python. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a victim into installing a malicious Python wheel. This wheel contains specially...

GHSA-4GG8-GXPX-9RPH uv is vulnerable to arbitrary file write through entry point names

Impact In versions of uv prior to 0.11.15, when installing a distribution containing an entry point specification under consolescripts or guiscripts, uv would place the generated entry point according to the given name even if doing so resulted in a path outside of the environment's scripts...