RHSA-2026:36359HighCVSS 8.0
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)
📋 Description
CVE-2026-3219 — pip: pip: Incorrect file installation due to improper archive handling CVE-2026-8643 — python-pip: Path traversal via malicious entry point name in pip wheel installation allows arbitrary file overwrite
🎯 Affected products3
- Red Hat Hardened Images
- python-pip-main@noarch as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
- python-pip-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
✅ Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://images.redhat.com/ Workaround: To mitigate this issue, users should avoid installing Python wheels from untrusted sources. It is strongly advised against using `pip install` with elevated privileges, such as `sudo`, when installing wheels. Additionally, administrators should inspect `entry_points.txt` within wheels for path separators or absolute paths before installation.
🔗 References (6)
- selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36359
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8643
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- externalhttps://images.redhat.com/
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3219
- selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_36359.json