CVE-2026-22702

Description

virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to version 20.36.1, TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerabilities in virtualenv allow local attackers to perform symlink-based attacks on directory creation operations. An attacker with local access can exploit a race condition between directory existence checks and creation to redirect virtualenv's app_data and lock file operations to attacker-controlled locations. This issue has been patched in version 20.36.1.

Weakness classification

• security-advisories@github.com: CWE-59

Primary references

• security-advisories@github.com — Patch
• security-advisories@github.com — Issue Tracking, Patch
• security-advisories@github.com — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory