CVE-2026-113717

Name	CVE-2026-113717
Description	virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, PipInvoke.get_pip_install_cmd() handles --seeder pip --download by calling get_wheel(download=False) and then allowing pip to consult the configured index, bypassing virtualenv's download_wheel() and verify_wheel_digest() path. When virtualenv's default-index PyPI digest comparison remains enabled, an index candidate matching the bundled package and version can therefore be selected without comparison to PyPI SHA-256 metadata. Explicit custom-index settings already opt out of that comparison and remain outside this verification-bypass claim; the demonstrated configuration used a non-PyPI index while leaving the index environment variables unset so the comparison policy remained active. This condition does not independently defeat TLS or establish control of the index response. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	1151685

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python-virtualenv (PTS)	bookworm	20.17.1+ds-1	vulnerable
	trixie	20.31.2+ds-1+deb13u1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	21.5.1+ds-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
python-virtualenv	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)			1151685

Notes

https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-cx28-75q4-x26q
https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3430
Fixed by: https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/7babec66e043e1cc8bc66869a063653898719d96 (21.14.9)