CVE-2026-113726 (GCVE-0-2026-113726)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-20 22:05
Modified
2026-10-27 21:31
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.13.0, the bash activate script that zsh also sources leaves the environment name unescaped; from 21.13.0 until 21.14.4, it escapes backslashes, dollar signs, and backticks only when BASH_VERSION is set, so zsh receives the raw value. The script assigns that value to PS1. In zsh with PROMPT_SUBST, an attacker-influenced environment directory, --prompt, or VIRTUALENV_PROMPT value containing command, parameter, or arithmetic expansion syntax can therefore execute commands in the user's shell each time the prompt is drawn. A percent sign is separately interpreted as a zsh prompt escape but does not by itself execute commands. Plain zsh with PROMPT_SUBST disabled and bash are not affected by this mechanism. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.4.
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Impacted products
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| pypa | virtualenv |
Version: < 21.14.4 |
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