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SCA: security update for virtualenv (GHSA-43mp-35q3-x3fq)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476593

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
 safe_delete() deletion error handler responds to a failed removal by reading mode bits with os.lstat(path)
 and applying owner-write permission with os.chmod(path, ...), which follows a symlink. A planted link
 inside a read-only directory can therefore cause a victim-owned target outside the destination that is
 initially not writable by the invoking user to become broadly writable before the retry fails, provided
 that user owns the target and can change its mode. Another account can use the widened mode only if it can
 traverse the target's parent directories; root does not reach the demonstrated failure path, and the
 operation does not itself read the target. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9. (CVE-2026-113724)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43mp-35q3-x3fq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 476593

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-2026-113724

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-2026-113724

cwe: CWE-59