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CVE-2026-114109

8.8, high

Astral-sh uv Path Traversal Vulnerability

CVSS
8.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
n/a
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
21 Oct 2026today

Description

uv before 0.11.15 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows malicious wheels to write files outside the scripts directory via crafted console_scripts or gui_scripts entry point names. Attackers who induce users to install a malicious wheel can place executables in PATH directories, shadowing or overwriting existing binaries for code execution.

Details

Vendor
Astral-sh
Product
uv
Weakness
CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Received
Updated
21 Oct 2026
Assigner
disclosure@vulncheck.com

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

References 2

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 21 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.