CVE-2026-113724ModerateLocal

virtualenv: Deletion recovery can change a symlink target's mode

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Assessment

Severity: Moderate
CVSS base score: 4.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Impact: Not stated
EPSS · 30-day forecast: No EPSS score collected
Public detection template: No Nuclei template is listed in the current collected catalog
Exploitation detected: Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Exploitability: Not assessed
Publicly disclosed: Unknown: not stated by MSRC
Customer action: Required: follow the MSRC remediation guidance
Component: Mariner
Weakness: CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
Issued by: GitHub_M
Published: 30 Oct 2026 · October 2026
Last revised: 30 Oct 2026

CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it

Attack vector: LocalAV:L
Attack complexity: HighAC:H
Privileges required: LowPR:L
User interaction: NoneUI:N
Scope: UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality: LowC:L
Integrity: LowI:L
Availability: LowA:L

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Affected products

Open Source Software

1 affected product

azl3 python-virtualenv 20.36.1-6 on Azure Linux 3.0

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virtualenv

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Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range

{
                    "vendor": "pypa",
                    "product": "virtualenv",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "< 21.14.9",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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