virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.2, FishActivator inherits ViaTemplateActivator.quote(), which uses POSIX shlex.quote() even though fish interprets backslashes and single quotes differently. An attacker-influenced environment path, --prompt, or VIRTUALENV_PROMPT value containing a backslash before a quote can therefore terminate the generated fish literal and execute command substitution when the user sources activate.fish. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.2.
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| Description | virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.2, FishActivator inherits ViaTemplateActivator.quote(), which uses POSIX shlex.quote() even though fish interprets backslashes and single quotes differently. An attacker-influenced environment path, --prompt, or VIRTUALENV_PROMPT value containing a backslash before a quote can therefore terminate the generated fish literal and execute command substitution when the user sources activate.fish. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.2. | |
| Title | virtualenv activate.fish runs commands from a path or prompt with a backslash before a quote | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-116 CWE-78 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-20T22:01:23.931Z
Reserved: 2026-10-20T16:03:14.864Z
Link: CVE-2026-113732
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T22:19:30.413
Modified: 2026-10-20T22:19:30.413
Link: CVE-2026-113732
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