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: tarfile module directory traversal 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 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.