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PYSEC-2011-23
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2011-12-31 01:55 - Updated: 2021-08-27 03:22
VLAI
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Impacted products
| Name | purl | virtualenv | pkg:pypi/virtualenv |
|---|
Aliases
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "virtualenv",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.8",
"0.8.1",
"0.8.2",
"0.8.3",
"0.8.4",
"0.9",
"0.9.1",
"0.9.2",
"1.0",
"1.1",
"1.2",
"1.3",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.3",
"1.3.4",
"1.4",
"1.4.1",
"1.4.2",
"1.4.3",
"1.4.4",
"1.4.5",
"1.4.6",
"1.4.7",
"1.4.8",
"1.4.9",
"1.4rc1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2011-4617",
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c"
],
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "PYSEC-2011-23",
"modified": "2021-08-27T03:22:49.873439Z",
"published": "2011-12-31T01:55:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/47240"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c"
}
]
}
BREW-CHARM-TOOLS-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:39 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:46 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.39.1",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "charm-tools",
"purl": "pkg:brew/charm-tools"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.0.9"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.39.1",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "20.39.1"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-charm-tools-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:46:28Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:39:06Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-CLOUDISCOVERY-CVE-2… (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:40 – Updated: 2026-09-10 19:01 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.31.2",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "cloudiscovery",
"purl": "pkg:brew/cloudiscovery"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.4.4_4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.31.2",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "20.31.2"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-cloudiscovery-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-10T19:01:16Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:40:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-CONDA-LOCK-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:41 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:48 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.39.1",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "conda-lock",
"purl": "pkg:brew/conda-lock"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.0.2_5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@20.39.1",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "20.39.1"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-conda-lock-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:48:44Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:41:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-HATCH-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:56 – Updated: 2026-09-10 19:26 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.8",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "hatch",
"purl": "pkg:brew/hatch"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.18.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.8",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.7.8"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-hatch-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-10T19:26:02Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:56:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-NOX-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:18 – Updated: 2026-09-10 20:06 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.4",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "nox",
"purl": "pkg:brew/nox"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2026.8.10"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.4",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.7.4"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-nox-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-10T20:06:52Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:18:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-PDM-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:25 – Updated: 2026-09-15 10:09 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.9",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "pdm",
"purl": "pkg:brew/pdm"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.28.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.9",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.7.9"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-pdm-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-15T10:09:47Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:25:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-PIPENV-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:28 – Updated: 2026-09-10 00:53 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.4",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "pipenv",
"purl": "pkg:brew/pipenv"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2026.7.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.4",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.7.4"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-pipenv-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-10T00:53:28Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:28:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-POETRY-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:28 – Updated: 2026-09-10 00:58 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.8",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "poetry",
"purl": "pkg:brew/poetry"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.4.1_4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.8",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.7.8"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-poetry-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-10T00:58:02Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:28:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-PRE-COMMIT-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:28 – Updated: 2026-09-10 00:58 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.4",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "pre-commit",
"purl": "pkg:brew/pre-commit"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.6.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.4",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.7.4"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-pre-commit-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-10T00:58:35Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:28:52Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
BREW-TOX-CVE-2011-4617 (GHSA-3JHC-WJQF-5F2C)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:44 – Updated: 2026-09-10 21:14 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/
Details
virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.9",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "tox",
"purl": "pkg:brew/tox"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.59.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/virtualenv@21.7.9",
"name": "virtualenv",
"resource": "virtualenv",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "21.7.9"
}
]
},
"details": "virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.",
"id": "BREW-tox-CVE-2011-4617",
"modified": "2026-09-10T21:14:19Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T17:44:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4617"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/68075ad9ededf7df2c46d385f836c13b729de2ca"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/changeset/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/virtualenv/PYSEC-2011-23.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228151935/https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/commits/8be37c509fe5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071638.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071643.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/19/5"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Virtualenv Allows Symlink Attack on /tmp/",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-3jhc-wjqf-5f2c",
"CVE-2011-4617",
"PYSEC-2011-23"
]
}
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