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| purl | pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.33.1 |
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VCID-5gxd-gbyg-ebg7
Aliases: CVE-2026-22702 GHSA-597g-3phw-6986 |
virtualenv Has TOCTOU Vulnerabilities in Directory Creation ## Impact 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. **Affected versions:** All versions up to and including 20.36.1 **Affected users:** Any user running `virtualenv` on multi-user systems where untrusted local users have filesystem access to shared temporary directories or where `VIRTUALENV_OVERRIDE_APP_DATA` points to a user-writable location. **Attack scenarios:** - Cache poisoning: Attacker corrupts wheels or Python metadata in the cache - Information disclosure: Attacker reads sensitive cached data or metadata - Lock bypass: Attacker controls lock file semantics to cause concurrent access violations - Denial of service: Lock starvation preventing virtualenv operations ## Patches The vulnerability has been patched by replacing check-then-act patterns with atomic `os.makedirs(..., exist_ok=True)` operations. **Fixed in:** PR #3013 **Versions with the fix:** 20.36.2 and later Users should upgrade to version 20.36.2 or later. ## Workarounds If you cannot upgrade immediately: 1. Ensure `VIRTUALENV_OVERRIDE_APP_DATA` points to a directory owned by the current user with restricted permissions (mode 0700) 2. Avoid running `virtualenv` in shared temporary directories where other users have write access 3. Use separate user accounts for different projects to isolate app_data directories ## References - GitHub PR: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3013 - Vulnerability reported by: @tsigouris007 - CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (TOCTOU) - CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access |
Affected by 0 other vulnerabilities. |
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| Date | Actor | Action | Vulnerability | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
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| 2026-04-17T00:08:42.313242+00:00 | GitLab Importer | Affected by | VCID-5gxd-gbyg-ebg7 | https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/virtualenv/CVE-2026-22702.yml | 38.4.0 |
| 2026-04-12T01:32:15.325732+00:00 | GitLab Importer | Affected by | VCID-5gxd-gbyg-ebg7 | https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/virtualenv/CVE-2026-22702.yml | 38.3.0 |
| 2026-04-03T01:41:12.713016+00:00 | GitLab Importer | Affected by | VCID-5gxd-gbyg-ebg7 | https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/virtualenv/CVE-2026-22702.yml | 38.1.0 |