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High · 7.7 CVE-2026-102930 BIT-virtualenv-2026-102930EUVD-2026-89462GHSA-94p9-xgh2-xp45PYSEC-2026-4011

virtualenv: Downloaded seed wheels (pip/setuptools) are not integrity-checked before use

Published Sep 29, 2026 · Updated Sep 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pypa virtualenv < 21.7.12 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Debian 13 python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Debian 12 python-virtualenv No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS python-virtualenv No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS python-virtualenv No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
SLES 15 SP5 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
SLES 15 SP4 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
SLES 3 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 python-virtualenv 20.29.3-160000.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24243-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
SLES 16.0 python-virtualenv 20.29.3-160000.4.1 SUSE-SU-2026:24243-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 python-virtualenv 20.22.0-150400.9.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4652-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-virtualenv 21.14.2-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11974-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 python-virtualenv 20.29.3-160000.4.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22100-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 python3-virtualenv 20.4.0-3.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2026-3295
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.13-virtualenv 20.21.1-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-3296

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 python-virtualenv 20.36.1-9 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling py3-cassandra-medusa 0.30.1-r3 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI virtualenv < 21.7.12 21.7.12 GHSA-94p9-xgh2-xp45

Advisories 7

References