CVE-2026-113725 (GCVE-0-2026-113725)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-20 19:56
Modified
2026-10-21 15:52
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
  • CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
Summary
virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.7, the bash activate script escapes the environment name for only one of the two passes bash makes over PS1, so a backslash in the name undoes the escaping and a name containing \$(...) runs as commands in the user's shell each time bash draws the prompt. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.7.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pypa virtualenv Version: < 21.14.7
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