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CVE-2025-8869: pip's fallback tar extraction doesn't check symbolic links point to extraction directory

September 24, 2025 (updated November 10, 2025)

In the fallback extraction path for source distributions, pip used Python’s tarfile module without verifying that symbolic/hard link targets resolve inside the intended extraction directory. A malicious sdist can include links that escape the target directory and overwrite arbitrary files on the invoking host during pip install.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xh5-x5gv-qwph
  • github.com/pypa/pip
  • github.com/pypa/pip/commit/f2b92314da012b9fffa36b3f3e67748a37ef464a
  • github.com/pypa/pip/pull/13550
  • mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/IF5A3GCJY3VH7BVHJKOWOJFKTW7VFQEN
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8869
  • pip.pypa.io/en/stable/news/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 25.3

Fixed versions

  • 25.3

Solution

Upgrade to version 25.3 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Source file

pypi/pip/CVE-2025-8869.yml

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