BREW-VIRTUALENV-CVE-2026… (CVE-2026-102930)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-10-05 19:15 – Updated: 2026-10-05 19:15 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
virtualenv: Downloaded seed wheels (pip/setuptools) are not integrity-checked before use
Details

virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.7.12, download_wheel() accepts pip and setuptools seed wheels fetched for periodic updates or the --download option without checking their bytes against an authoritative digest equivalent to the embedded wheels' BUNDLE_SHA256 verification. A compromised index, stale mirror, or intercepted TLS connection can substitute a different wheel under the requested distribution, version, and filename, after which virtualenv caches and seeds the attacker-controlled wheel into subsequently created environments. The verification applies to the default PyPI path and is intentionally skipped when PIP_INDEX_URL, PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL, or PIP_INDEX configures a custom index that may legitimately publish rebuilt wheels. This issue is fixed in version 21.7.12.

Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "21.7.12"
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "virtualenv",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/virtualenv"
      },
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            },
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        }
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    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
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        "key": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv",
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
        "key": "Ubuntu/python-virtualenv",
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  "details": "virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.7.12, download_wheel() accepts pip and setuptools seed wheels fetched for periodic updates or the --download option without checking their bytes against an authoritative digest equivalent to the embedded wheels\u0027 BUNDLE_SHA256 verification. A compromised index, stale mirror, or intercepted TLS connection can substitute a different wheel under the requested distribution, version, and filename, after which virtualenv caches and seeds the attacker-controlled wheel into subsequently created environments. The verification applies to the default PyPI path and is intentionally skipped when PIP_INDEX_URL, PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL, or PIP_INDEX configures a custom index that may legitimately publish rebuilt wheels. This issue is fixed in version 21.7.12.",
  "id": "BREW-virtualenv-CVE-2026-102930",
  "modified": "2026-10-05T19:15:39Z",
  "published": "2026-10-05T19:15:39Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/102xxx/CVE-2026-102930.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-94p9-xgh2-xp45"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102930"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/a01ed3e2f239d6ab1fce62c5c7664ccf268fff6d"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3251"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "virtualenv: Downloaded seed wheels (pip/setuptools) are not integrity-checked before use",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-102930",
    "GHSA-94p9-xgh2-xp45",
    "PYSEC-2026-4011"
  ]
}



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