Bug 2556417 (CVE-2026-113725) - CVE-2026-113725 virtualenv: virtualenv: arbitrary code execution via crafted environment name
Summary: CVE-2026-113725 virtualenv: virtualenv: arbitrary code execution via crafted ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-113725
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-20 20:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 21:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-20 20:01:33 UTC 
virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.7, the bash activate script escapes the environment name for only one of the two passes bash makes over PS1, so a backslash in the name undoes the escaping and a name containing \$(...) runs as commands in the user's shell each time bash draws the prompt. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.7.
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