pip Vulnerable to Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

pip prior to version 26.1 would run self-update check functionality after installing wheel files which required importing well-known Python modules names. These module imports were intentionally deferred to increase startup time of the pip CLI. The patch changes self-update functionality to run...

PT-2026-35435

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pip versions prior to 26.1 Description The self-update check functionality runs after installing wheel files, which requires importing well-known Python module names. These imports were deferred to improve the startup time of the pip CLI. This...