CVE-2026-113718
Severity not reportedvirtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments.
virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, POSIX xonsh activation quote() uses repr() to write printable non-ASCII prompt or destination data into UTF-8 activate.xsh, while xonsh can read that script using $XONSH_ENCODING. Under a legacy multibyte codec such as GBK or Big5, a UTF-8 trail byte can consume the backslash before an adjacent quote, allowing the literal to close and attacker-influenced statements to execute when the user sources the generated script. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9.
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/e5fc2e6e189a877ff559af288919e3525d13e5e0 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3432 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/21.14.9 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-394h-qwmc-48pf security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-394h-qwmc-48pf 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
