CVE-2026-113725 virtualenv - Command Injection

virtualenv prior to 21.14.7 contains a command injection caused by improper escaping of environment names with backslashes in the bash activate script, letting attackers execute arbitrary commands in the user's shell prompt, exploit requires environment name with special characters.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
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Details

Type
Command Injection
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
20 October 2026
Updated
21 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-78

Vendor fix

Update to version 21.14.7 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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