USN-8010-1: pip vulnerabilities

Publication date

4 February 2026

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in pip.


Packages

Details

Several security issues were discovered in the libraries bundled in pip. An
attacker could possibly use these issues to perform a variety of attacks,
such as denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

Several security issues were discovered in the libraries bundled in pip. An
attacker could possibly use these issues to perform a variety of attacks,
such as denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 LTS focal python-pip-whl –  20.0.2-5ubuntu1.11+esm4  
python3-pip –  20.0.2-5ubuntu1.11+esm4  
18.04 LTS bionic python-pip –  9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.8+esm8  
python-pip-whl –  9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.8+esm8  
python3-pip –  9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.8+esm8  
16.04 LTS xenial python-pip –  8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm12  
python-pip-whl –  8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm12  
python3-pip –  8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm12  

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