virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. From 21.14.8 until 21.14.10, the app-data seeder can leave an environment linked to temporary package files that virtualenv deletes when creation finishes. The environment-variable and configuration-file forms of symlink_app_data can enable this state even though the command-line flag is disabled for temporary app-data. The resulting environment depends on a cache pathname that its owner no longer controls. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.10.
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8h-vr72-p32c
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/21.14.10
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3437
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/b81995c3feab9e1edb453c75ffc6616e1a77335e
Published: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-20
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00107