Link Following Affecting python311-virtualenv package, versions <20.22.0-150400.9.9.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-PYTHON311VIRTUALENV-15065017
  • published23 Jan 2026
  • disclosed22 Jan 2026

Introduced: 22 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22702  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 python311-virtualenv to version 20.22.0-150400.9.9.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python311-virtualenv package and not the python311-virtualenv package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1