CVE-2026-22702

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 98% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Published: January 10, 2026 (124 days ago)
Last Modified: January 10, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-59

Affected Products

OpenShift LightspeedOpenShift Service Mesh 2Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesRed Hat Satellite 6

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com