virtualenv bash and fish activation scripts execute commands embedded in paths
The generated activate (bash/zsh) and activate.fish scripts interpolate a
shlex.quote-ed value into a position that quotes it a second time. The extra
quotes terminate the quoted run early and leave part of the value parsed as
shell code, so a path containing shell metacharacters runs commands when a user
sources the activation script.
activate is affected through the virtual environment's own path, on the branch
that reports a relocated environment (Virtual environment directory __VIRTUAL_ENV__ does not exist!). For a destination named x'$(id)'y,
shlex.quote emits 'x'"'"'$(id)'"'"'y'; the inner " closes the enclosing
double quote and $(id) is left unquoted. This branch runs whenever the
recorded path is absent, which is the normal case for a virtual environment
copied or distributed to another machine.
activate.fish is affected through the interpreter's Tcl/Tk library paths
(set -gx TCL_LIBRARY '__TCL_LIBRARY__'). The rendered line becomes
''/tcl/(cmd)/lib'', and fish expands the (cmd) left between the adjacent
quoted runs. The same doubling splits a path containing a space into two list
elements, corrupting TCL_LIBRARY and TK_LIBRARY.
This is the same defect class as GHSA-x78j-v8h9-3j2q, which covered
activate.bat.
Fixed in 21.7.13 by moving the placeholders outside the surrounding quotes, so
each value keeps only the quoting shlex.quote applied.
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | virtualenv | < 21.7.13 | 21.7.13 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-p58f-9548-mpm2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102925
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3252
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/4d5a105ec2a2723b8c7f4571bb68f4f71d01e3f6
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2026-4013.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/21.7.13
- https://pypi.org/project/virtualenv
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-78- Plataforma
- Python (PyPI)
- Paquete
virtualenv- Publicada
- 18.09.2026
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 15:18
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-p58f-9548-mpm2 - CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-4013 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
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