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SCA: security update for virtualenv (GHSA-vxj4-q4g9-crj7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476562

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2026-113725)

Solution

Update the virtualenv library and its related packages to version 21.14.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxj4-q4g9-crj7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 476562

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-113725

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-113725