CVE-2026-5271

Possible to hijack modules in current working directory

Medium · published April 1, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

pymanager included the current working directory in sys.path meaning modules could be shadowed by modules in the current working directory. As a result, if a user executes a pymanager-generated command (e.g., pip, pytest)

from an attacker-controlled directory, a malicious module in that

directory can be imported and executed instead of the intended package.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00186 · 7.7th percentile
Published
2026-04-01T13:48Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 APR 13:48Z
    Possible to hijack modules in current working directory
    cvelistv5