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Vulnerability details: VCID-8389-eyxv-9yh4
Vulnerability ID VCID-8389-eyxv-9yh4
Aliases CVE-2026-6357
GHSA-jp4c-xjxw-mgf9
Summary pip: pip: Arbitrary code execution or information disclosure via malicious wheel package installation
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-6357.json
epss 0.00017 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-6357
cvssv3.1 5.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/pypa/pip
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/pip
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/b369bfc96cc524e00c267e1693290e6599c36bad
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/b369bfc96cc524e00c267e1693290e6599c36bad
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13923
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13923
ssvc Track https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13923
cvssv4 5.3 https://ichard26.github.io/blog/2026/04/whats-new-in-pip-26.1/#security-fixes
generic_textual MODERATE https://ichard26.github.io/blog/2026/04/whats-new-in-pip-26.1/#security-fixes
ssvc Track https://ichard26.github.io/blog/2026/04/whats-new-in-pip-26.1/#security-fixes
cvssv4 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6357
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6357
cvssv4 5.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/7
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/7
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-6357.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-6357
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-6357
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/pip
https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/b369bfc96cc524e00c267e1693290e6599c36bad
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13923
https://ichard26.github.io/blog/2026/04/whats-new-in-pip-26.1/#security-fixes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6357
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/7
1135110 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1135110
2463234 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463234
GHSA-jp4c-xjxw-mgf9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jp4c-xjxw-mgf9
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-6357.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/b369bfc96cc524e00c267e1693290e6599c36bad
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13923
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-27T16:08:15Z/ Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13923
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://ichard26.github.io/blog/2026/04/whats-new-in-pip-26.1/#security-fixes
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-27T16:08:15Z/ Found at https://ichard26.github.io/blog/2026/04/whats-new-in-pip-26.1/#security-fixes
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6357
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/27/7
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.04464
EPSS Score 0.00017
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:39:53.302338+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2026-6357.json 38.6.0