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SCA: security update for virtualenv (GHSA-c978-59m8-c77v)
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 476600
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, virtualenv's
ScriptMakerCustom and pip pass an incompletely quoted interpreter path to distlib ScriptMaker when
generating POSIX console scripts. When the path contains a space or produces a shebang longer than 127
bytes, distlib emits a /bin/sh wrapper whose double-quoted interpreter path still expands command
substitutions and backticks. An attacker who influences the environment destination can therefore execute
commands with the user's privileges when the user later runs a generated launcher; environment creation
and activation do not trigger the command. Existing launchers are not repaired by upgrading virtualenv
alone and must be regenerated, while a later independent pip installation or upgrade can reintroduce an
affected launcher because pip's vendored distlib is unchanged. The virtualenv fix is released in version
21.14.9. (CVE-2026-113722)
Solution
Update the virtualenv library and its related packages to version 21.14.9 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 476600
Version: Revision 1.1
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 10/22/2026
Updated: 10/22/2026
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-2026-113722
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-2026-113722
cwe: CWE-78