Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-1703 — azl3 python-virtualenv
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products2
- azl3 python-virtualenv 20.36.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 python-virtualenv 20.36.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 1 update
1 row: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.
| KB article | Update | Fixed build |
|---|---|---|
| — | Security Update | 20.36.1-2 |
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-1703
- EchelonGraph score
- 2.0 LOW
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
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.
Published by Python Software Foundation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-1703, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).