PT-2026-29526
CVE-2026-5271
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Published
2026-04-01
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Updated
2026-04-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
pymanager (affected versions not specified)
Description
pymanager included the current working directory in its
sys.path, allowing modules in the current working directory to shadow intended packages. If a user runs a pymanager-generated command (like pip or pytest) from a directory controlled by an attacker, a malicious module in that directory could be imported and executed instead of the legitimate package.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
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