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CVE-2026-113715: virtualenv: Venv configuration readback can reinterpret path boundaries

LowCVSS 2.0 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 8/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: pypa virtualenv 21.14.9.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to pypa virtualenv 21.14.9 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Oct 20, 2026
Updated
Oct 23, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 15th percentile

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Action score

8

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
2.0
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • pypa virtualenv

    • < 21.14.9affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12python-virtualenvfrom 0—
PyPIvirtualenvbefore 21.14.921.14.9

Same product

pypa: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-113776virtualenv activation scripts run code from a path that contains a placeholder name
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-113732virtualenv activate.fish runs commands from a path or prompt with a backslash before a quote
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-113726virtualenv activate runs commands from the environment name in zsh with PROMPT_SUBST
    31Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-113713Oct 20, 2026 · virtualenv: Temporary app-data can leave dangling seed package links
    17Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-113714Oct 20, 2026 · virtualenv: Downloaded wheel selection and caching precede verification
    9Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-113716Oct 20, 2026 · virtualenv: Builtin creation follows linked environment directories
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
pypa virtualenv21.14.9 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
PyPI:virtualenv21.14.9Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+24 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-10293821 days apartvirtualenv writes prompt values into pyvenv.cfg without sanitizing line boundaries, allowing configuration injection
    23Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-93 · Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → poc
  2. Exploit maturity— → none
  3. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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