CVE-2011-4617: Python Virtualenv

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

virtualenv.py in virtualenv before 1.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a certain file in /tmp/.

Affected products

• Python Virtualenv: up to and including 1.4.9; version 0.8 only; version 0.8.1 only; version 0.8.2 only; version 0.8.3 only; version 0.8.4 only; …

Published 2011-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.