new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From abce61e230c47598ce836157d075608595216a4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Damian Shaw <damian.peter.shaw@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:27:57 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH v4] Merge pull request #13777 from sethmlarson/commonpath
+
+Use os.path.commonpath() instead of commonprefix()
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-1703
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/8e227a9be4faa9594e05d02ca05a413a2a4e7735]
+
+Signed-off-by: Adarsh Jagadish Kamini <adarsh.jagadish.kamini@est.tech>
+---
+ news/+1ee322a1.bugfix.rst | 1 +
+ src/pip/_internal/utils/unpacking.py | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ create mode 100644 news/+1ee322a1.bugfix.rst
+
+diff --git a/news/+1ee322a1.bugfix.rst b/news/+1ee322a1.bugfix.rst
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..edb1b320c
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/news/+1ee322a1.bugfix.rst
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++Use a path-segment prefix comparison, not char-by-char.
+diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/utils/unpacking.py b/src/pip/_internal/utils/unpacking.py
+index 0ad3129ac..7cb3de3c4 100644
+--- a/src/pip/_internal/utils/unpacking.py
++++ b/src/pip/_internal/utils/unpacking.py
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def is_within_directory(directory: str, target: str) -> bool:
+ abs_directory = os.path.abspath(directory)
+ abs_target = os.path.abspath(target)
+
+- prefix = os.path.commonprefix([abs_directory, abs_target])
++ prefix = os.path.commonpath([abs_directory, abs_target])
+ return prefix == abs_directory
+
+
+--
+2.34.1
+
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=63ec52baf95163b597008bb46db68030 \
inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta
-SRC_URI += "file://no_shebang_mangling.patch"
+SRC_URI += "file://no_shebang_mangling.patch \
+ file://CVE-2026-1703.patch \
+ "
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "578283f006390f85bb6282dffb876454593d637f5d1be494b5202ce4877e71f2"