CVE-2026-113713: virtualenv: Temporary app-data can leave dangling seed package links

Published Oct 20, 2026
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Updated

virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. From 21.14.8 until 21.14.10, the app-data seeder can leave an environment linked to temporary package files that virtualenv deletes when creation finishes. The environment-variable and configuration-file forms of symlinkappdata can enable this state even though the command-line flag is disabled for temporary app-data. The resulting environment depends on a cache pathname that its owner no longer controls. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.10.

Affected Software

1 affected component
pypi/virtualenv>=21.14.8<21.14.10

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade virtualenv to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 21.14.10

Event History

Oct 20, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:06 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:06 PM
DescriptionWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·07:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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