{"id":"CVE-2026-113718","summary":"virtualenv: Xonsh activation literals depend on the script decoding codec","details":"virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.9, POSIX xonsh activation quote() uses repr() to write printable non-ASCII prompt or destination data into UTF-8 activate.xsh, while xonsh can read that script using $XONSH_ENCODING. Under a legacy multibyte codec such as GBK or Big5, a UTF-8 trail byte can consume the backslash before an adjacent quote, allowing the literal to close and attacker-influenced statements to execute when the user sources the generated script. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.9.","aliases":["GHSA-394h-qwmc-48pf"],"modified":"2026-10-21T10:45:45.363879835Z","published":"2026-10-20T19:39:52.633Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-94"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/113xxx/CVE-2026-113718.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/113xxx/CVE-2026-113718.json"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/e5fc2e6e189a877ff559af288919e3525d13e5e0"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3432"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/releases/tag/21.14.9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-394h-qwmc-48pf"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113718"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"e53e30b9c8fbc3f4f502223819449ddc970fbbe8"},{"fixed":"e5fc2e6e189a877ff559af288919e3525d13e5e0"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"range":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"21.14.9"}],"source":"AFFECTED_FIELD","strategy":"StringRangeExpression"},{"source":"REFERENCES_COMMIT","range":[{"fixed":"e5fc2e6e189a877ff559af288919e3525d13e5e0"}]},{"original_tag":"21.14.9","range":[{"fixed":"e53e30b9c8fbc3f4f502223819449ddc970fbbe8"}],"source":"REFERENCES_TAG"}]}}],"versions":["21.14.8","21.14.7","21.14.6","21.14.5","21.14.4","21.14.3","21.14.2","21.14.1","21.14.0","21.13.0","21.12.1","21.12.0","21.11.1","21.11.0","21.10.0","21.9.1","21.9.0","21.8.1","21.8.0","21.7.16","21.7.15","21.7.14","21.7.13","21.7.12","21.7.11","21.7.10","21.7.9","21.7.8","21.7.7","21.7.6","21.7.5","21.7.4","21.7.3","21.7.2","21.7.1","21.7.0","21.6.1","21.6.0","21.5.2","21.5.1","21.5.0","21.4.3","21.4.2","21.4.1","21.4.0","21.3.3","21.3.2","21.3.1","21.3.0","21.2.4","21.2.3","21.2.2","21.2.1","21.2.0","21.1.0","21.0.0","20.39.1","20.39.0","20.38.0","20.37.0","20.27.3","20.27.2","20.24.3","20.3.0","20.0.32","20.0.7","20.0.0b2","20.0.0b1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-113718.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}