vulnerability / NVI-00010128 / Revision 3
virtualenv: Venv configuration readback can reinterpret path boundaries
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for virtualenv. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
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01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
2 LOW (4.0)
security-advisories@github.com severity; no combined Null risk score.
0.242%
FIRST EPSS model v2026.06.15; exploitation probability over 30 days, percentile 0.15464. Missing scores are unknown.
As of · FIRST EPSS
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
virtualenv
source listed< 21.14.9
## Summary The venv creator reads the standard library's generated pyvenv.cfg with splitlines() and merges all resulting keys over virtualenv's configuration. Line-boundary characters from destination data can therefore become configuration structure before output sanitization. Anthropic's OSS Scanner reported this as `ANT-2026-6ZQHJ6VI` in `virtualenv-20261015-005`, received on 15 October 2026. ## Affected area Configuration readback by the stdlib venv creator. ## Attacker-controlled input An untrusted caller must influence the destination pathname passed to the venv creator. That pathname must contain a character that Python treats as a line boundary. The builtin creator follows a different configuration-writing path. ## Affected code The relevant 21.14.8 source is in venv readback, configuration parser. ## Mechanism With `--creator venv`, virtualenv asks the standard library to create an environment, reads its `pyvenv.cfg` wi
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. FIRST EPSS
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04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
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05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
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- GHSA-qmx5-4p3x-wvqf ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
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- CVE-2026-113715 ↗
NIST National Vulnerability Database · official catalog
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- CVE-2026-113715 ↗
FIRST EPSS · official catalog
Observed . FIRST EPSS; probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, not local compromise. Dataset date/model retained; FIRST services terms apply.
Public revision history
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- Revision 3 ·
Dated EPSS estimate updated; this is not a new disclosure or proof of exploitation.
- Revision 2 ·
Source facts changed; compare the preserved prior revision.
- Revision 1 ·
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