LOW 2.0 NVD
CVE-2026-113715
virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, the stdlib venv creator reads generated pyvenv.cfg with str.splitlines
virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, the stdlib venv creator reads generated pyvenv.cfg with str.splitlines() and merges parsed keys over virtualenv's selected configuration. An untrusted caller who influences the destination pathname can include a line-boundary character such as U+2028 to inject keys including home and include-system-site-packages, causing path data to change configuration structure before final output. Setting include-system-site-packages to true weakens environment isolation, while an altered home can change which standard-library files the interpreter loads if the attacker also controls that location. The builtin creator does not use this readback path. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9.
References
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/b0008a58885ded9227faf8f910c6c402712c750a
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3426
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/21.14.9
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-qmx5-4p3x-wvqf
This low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.0 was published on 2026-10-20 via NVD.
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