{"id":"CVE-2026-113723","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-113723","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:53:17.806Z","title":"Prior to 21.14.9, caller-supplied prompt text can become executable syntax in the bash activation prompt.","description":"virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, caller-supplied prompt text can become executable syntax in the bash activation prompt. An attacker must influence the value passed to virtualenv, and a user must subsequently activate the environment and draw the prompt. This vulnerability is fixed in 21.14.9.","published":"2026-10-20T20:17:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-27T14:16:33.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00177,"percentile":0.07252,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-21","score":0.00142,"percentile":0.03209}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-20T20:17:19.000Z","detail":{"score":"7.1","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T20:17:18.967Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 7.1)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/5f48d711731311428aebfae61d46957762155b22","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3418","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/21.14.9","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-6w3r-xr62-4xcp","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-6w3r-xr62-4xcp","source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113723","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}