CVE-2026-22702

Published Jan 10, 2026

Last updated 7 months ago

CVSS medium 4.5
Supply chain

Overview

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.
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
virtualenv

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
4.5
Impact score
3.4
Exploitability score
1
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-59

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations