1. Virtualenv Security Flaw: CVE-2026-22702 Exposes Python Environments to Local Symlink Attacks
A critical TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-22702, has been disclosed in the widely used Python `virtualenv` tool. The flaw allows a local attacker to exploit a race condition during directory creation, enabling symlink-based attacks that could compromise the integrity and security ...