pyenv — security advisory

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  "id": "d92978c030c30c0a2d49ddab83db7476db797ace1edb9e221bfe1f88149bfbe7",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68939",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68939",
    "summary": "Pyenv provides simple Python version management. Prior to 2.8.0, is_version_safe() in libexec/pyenv-version-file-read accepts shell glob metacharacters in .python-version values, and unquoted PYENV_VERSION expansion in libexec/pyenv-version-name, libexec/pyenv-which, libexec/pyenv-prefix, libexec/pyenv-local, libexec/pyenv-global, libexec/pyenv-version, and libexec/pyenv-versions pathname-expands the value against the current directory, allowing a matching attacker-controlled file to silently select a different installed interpreter or version. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68939",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "pyenv",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.6.8-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.6.28-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.7.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "pyenv",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.5.4-1build1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          },
          {
            "value": "2.6.8-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/versions"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "severity": "low",
    "structured": {
      "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68939",
      "aliases": [
        "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68939"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V4",
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
        },
        {
          "type": "Ubuntu",
          "score": "medium"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "events": [
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "pyenv",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyenv?arch=source&distro=stonking",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.6.8-1",
            "2.6.28-1",
            "2.7.1-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68939.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "pyenv",
                "binary_version": "2.7.1-1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "pyenv-runtime",
                "binary_version": "2.7.1-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "pyenv",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyenv?arch=source&distro=resolute",
            "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
          },
          "versions": [
            "2.5.4-1build1",
            "2.6.8-1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68939.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "binaries": [
              {
                "binary_name": "pyenv",
                "binary_version": "2.6.8-1"
              },
              {
                "binary_name": "pyenv-runtime",
                "binary_version": "2.6.8-1"
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:59:23.794334425Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-68939"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-68939",
        "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68939"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-68939",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 359640,
  "published_at": "2026-08-18T15:17:00+00:00"
}