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Medium ALAS2023-2026-1428 1 CVE

Moderate: python3.13-virtualenv security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Feb 16, 2026 · Updated Feb 18, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-22702: 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.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3.13-virtualenv 0:20.21.1-1.amzn2023.0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-22702.html