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NVD description
virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.14.7, the bash activate script escapes the environment name for only one of the two passes bash makes over PS1, so a backslash in the name undoes the escaping and a name containing \$(...) runs as commands in the user's shell each time bash draws the prompt. This issue is fixed in version 21.14.7.
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‼️ A virtualenv name can run commands in bash CVE-2026-113725, CVSS 7.8. Source an environment whose name holds $(...) and it runs each time bash draws the prompt Fixed in 21.14.7, or set VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1 Who names your environments? https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxj4-q4g9-crj7