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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | virtualenv: Xonsh activation literals depend on the script decoding codec | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-20T19:39:52.633Z
Reserved: 2026-10-20T16:03:14.863Z
Link: CVE-2026-113718
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-20T20:17:18.197
Modified: 2026-10-20T20:17:18.197
Link: CVE-2026-113718
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