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CVE-2026-22702

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.5 Published: 2026-01-10 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to version 20.36.1, TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerabilities in virtualenv allow local attackers to perform symlink-based attacks on directory creation operations. An attacker with local access can exploit a race condition between directory existence checks and creation to redirect virtualenv's app_data and lock file operations to attacker-controlled locations. This issue has been patched in version 20.36.1.

Affected Platforms

Virtualenv Virtualenv

Weakness Type

CWE-59, CWE-362

References