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Advisory record · GHSA-c978-59m8-c77v

virtualenv: Generated POSIX console launchers interpret destination paths as shell syntax

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0029 · 21st percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 21 Oct 2026, 21:30 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
virtualenvPyPI<21.14.921.14.9
Identifiers
GHSA-c978-59m8-c77v · BIT-virtualenv-2026-113722 · CVE-2026-113722
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78
Tags
Published
21 Oct 2026
Updated
29 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0029, the 21st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:07 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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