Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
pypa/virtualenv
main @ 8681256
7
Fixes
3
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
0.0%
Coverage
Highlights
Path Traversal: 3 prior fixes. Scrutinize any change in this area.
.github/workflows/release.yaml: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
2 high-severity fixes in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Command Injection: Distribution names and version specifiers passed directly to `pip download` can allow shell command injection. Strict validation using PEP-compliant regular expressions is necessary to sanitize inputs prior to subprocess spawning.
Path Traversal: Extracting wheel packages without destination prefix containment verification (Zip Slip) allows remote/untrusted wheels to write arbitrary files outside the target virtual environment directory.
Signature Validation Bypass: Failure to verify the integrity and origin of bundled seed wheels on load could allow local or tampered wheels to execute arbitrary code within virtualenv configurations.