{"id":"CVE-2026-113723","aliases":[],"title":"virtualenv: Bash prompt values can change meaning under older compatibility modes","titleSource":"GitHub_M","descriptionSource":"GitHub_M","products":[{"vendor":"pypa","name":"virtualenv","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"< 21.14.9","status":"affected"}],"source":"GitHub_M","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113723"}],"remediation":[],"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21.14.9.","severity":"high","score":7.1,"published":"2026-10-20T19:51:06.340Z","modified":"2026-10-27T13:31:27.357Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"references":["https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-6w3r-xr62-4xcp","https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3418","https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/5f48d711731311428aebfae61d46957762155b22","https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/21.14.9"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-113723","modified":"2026-10-27T13:31:27.357Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113723"}],"assessments":[{"source":"GitHub_M","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","score":7.1}],"sourceAffected":[],"kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-28T09:05:33.113Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[]}