CVE-2026-104843

uv is a Python package and project manager written in Rust. From 0.12.7 until 0.12.18, uv wheel extraction on Windows can process a malicious wheel in a way that writes a file outside the installation prefix, including an executable in a directory already present on the user's PATH. Non-Windows hosts are not affected. This issue is fixed in version 0.12.18.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/commit/67169645278ce082638d619beefa6d062540843b
https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/21923
https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/tag/0.12.18
https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/security/advisories/GHSA-2cv4-cqwr-gwf7

Configurations

No configuration.

History

02 Oct 2026, 16:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-02 16:16

Updated : 2026-10-02 18:44

NVD link : CVE-2026-104843

Mitre link : CVE-2026-104843

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-104843

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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