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SCA: security update for virtualenv (GHSA-c947-3pg5-gm8q)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476570

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 21.14.2, FishActivator
 inherits ViaTemplateActivator.quote(), which uses POSIX shlex.quote() even though fish interprets
 backslashes and single quotes differently. An attacker-influenced environment path, --prompt, or
 VIRTUALENV_PROMPT value containing a backslash before a quote can therefore terminate the generated fish
 literal and execute command substitution when the user sources activate.fish. This issue is fixed in
 version 21.14.2. (CVE-2026-113732)

Solution

Update the virtualenv library and its related packages to version 21.14.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c947-3pg5-gm8q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 476570

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-2026-113732

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-2026-113732