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SCA: security update for virtualenv (GHSA-cw65-gx24-rc82)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476578

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 21.14.9, the builtin
 creator calls ensure_dir() for executable, library, and package directories, and ensure_dir() accepts an
 existing symlink to a directory because exists() follows it. Interpreter creation, seed installation, and
 activation generation then write through the linked parent outside the requested destination when another
 local account prepared the tree and the invoking user can access the target. The --clear option removes
 the planted tree first, while ordinary creation reaches it; arbitrary attacker-selected output bytes are
 not established. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9. (CVE-2026-113716)

Solution

Update the virtualenv library and its related packages to version 21.14.9 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cw65-gx24-rc82

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476578

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-113716

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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-2026-113716

cwe: CWE-59