virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, the app-data copy seeder uses shutil.copy() to copy cached package files into later environments, causing cached source modes to override the current run's umask. A cache populated under a permissive umask can therefore produce files writable by another local account in a later traversable environment, allowing package code such as pip/__init__.py to be modified and executed by the environment owner. The attacker cannot force the earlier umask, and a private destination parent prevents access. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9.
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| Description | virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, the app-data copy seeder uses shutil.copy() to copy cached package files into later environments, causing cached source modes to override the current run's umask. A cache populated under a permissive umask can therefore produce files writable by another local account in a later traversable environment, allowing package code such as pip/__init__.py to be modified and executed by the environment owner. The attacker cannot force the earlier umask, and a private destination parent prevents access. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9. | |
| Title | virtualenv: Seeded files retain permissions from an older cache | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-732 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-20T19:43:32.451Z
Reserved: 2026-10-20T16:03:14.863Z
Link: CVE-2026-113720
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T20:17:18.493
Modified: 2026-10-20T20:17:18.493
Link: CVE-2026-113720
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Updated: 2026-10-20T21:00:18Z
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