# CVE-2026-102930: virtualenv: Downloaded seed wheels (pip/setuptools) are not integrity-checked before use

- Also known as: GHSA-94P9-XGH2-XP45, BIT-VIRTUALENV-2026-102930, PYSEC-2026-4011
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.7.12
- Published: 2026-09-29 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- pypa virtualenv: fixed in 21.7.12
- virtualenv (Bitnami): fixed in 21.7.12
- virtualenv (PyPI): fixed in 21.7.12

## Description

virtualenv is a tool for creating isolated virtual python environments. Prior to 21.7.12, download_wheel() accepts pip and setuptools seed wheels fetched for periodic updates or the --download option without checking their bytes against an authoritative digest equivalent to the embedded wheels' BUNDLE_SHA256 verification. A compromised index, stale mirror, or intercepted TLS connection can substitute a different wheel under the requested distribution, version, and filename, after which virtualenv caches and seeds the attacker-controlled wheel into subsequently created environments. The verification applies to the default PyPI path and is intentionally skipped when PIP_INDEX_URL, PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL, or PIP_INDEX configures a custom index that may legitimately publish rebuilt wheels. This issue is fixed in version 21.7.12.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/security/advisories/GHSA-94p9-xgh2-xp45
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/pull/3251
- https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/commit/a01ed3e2f239d6ab1fce62c5c7664ccf268fff6d

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