pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. Many packages can be found in the Python Package Index . pip is a recursive acronym that can stand for either Pip Installs Packages or Pip Installs Python. Security Fix: * python-pip: directory traversal in _download_http_url function in src/pip/_internal/download.py For more details about the security issue, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.