DEBIAN-CVE-2026-113776

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-113776
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-113776.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-113776
Upstream
Published
2026-10-20T22:19:30Z
Modified
2026-10-23T18:05:10Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. From 20.26.6 until 21.14.2, ViaTemplateActivator.instantiate_template() replaces placeholders one key at a time across the complete activation template, so trigger names such as VIRTUAL_NAME, VIRTUAL_ENV, or VIRTUAL_PROMPT inside an already substituted and quoted environment path or prompt can be replaced during a later pass. The later value's quoting can close the earlier literal and execute the remaining path when a user activates the environment through bash, fish, xonsh, or activate_this.py. The distinct csh prompt-display token VIRTUAL_PROMPT_DISPLAY_TCSH can instead break the generated script without establishing command execution. The attacker must influence the destination path or --prompt, and a value without a relevant placeholder name does not trigger this mechanism. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.2.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / python-virtualenv

Package

Name
python-virtualenv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-virtualenv?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

20.*
20.17.1+ds-1
20.19.0+ds-1
20.21.0+ds-1
20.23.0+ds-1
20.23.0+ds-2
20.24.1+ds-1
20.24.6+ds-1
20.24.6+ds-2
20.25.0+ds-1
20.25.0+ds-2
20.25.1+ds-1
20.26.1+ds-1
20.26.2+ds-1
20.26.6+ds-1
20.27.0+ds-1
20.28.0+ds-1
20.29.1+ds-1
20.29.3+ds-1
20.30.0+ds-1
20.30.0+ds-2
20.30.0+ds-3
20.31.2+ds-1
20.33.1+ds-1
20.34.0+ds-1
20.35.3+ds-1
20.35.4+ds-1
20.36.1+ds-1
20.38.0+ds-1
21.*
21.2.0+ds-1
21.2.4+ds-1
21.3.1+ds-1
21.4.1+ds-1
21.5.1+ds-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-113776.json"

Debian:13 / python-virtualenv

Package

Name
python-virtualenv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-virtualenv?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

20.*
20.31.2+ds-1
20.31.2+ds-1+deb13u1
20.33.1+ds-1
20.34.0+ds-1
20.35.3+ds-1
20.35.4+ds-1
20.36.1+ds-1
20.38.0+ds-1
21.*
21.2.0+ds-1
21.2.4+ds-1
21.3.1+ds-1
21.4.1+ds-1
21.5.1+ds-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-113776.json"

Debian:14 / python-virtualenv

Package

Name
python-virtualenv
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-virtualenv?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

20.*
20.31.2+ds-1
20.33.1+ds-1
20.34.0+ds-1
20.35.3+ds-1
20.35.4+ds-1
20.36.1+ds-1
20.38.0+ds-1
21.*
21.2.0+ds-1
21.2.4+ds-1
21.3.1+ds-1
21.4.1+ds-1
21.5.1+ds-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-113776.json"