diff --git a/SPECS/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv.spec b/SPECS/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv.spec
index 30a9f798ce4..4548a3163c6 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-virtualenv/python-virtualenv.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:        Virtual Python Environment builder
 Name:           python-virtualenv
 Version:        20.36.1
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 License:        MIT
 Vendor:         Microsoft Corporation
 Distribution:   Azure Linux
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Patch1011:      CVE-2026-13346v0.patch
 Patch1012:      CVE-2026-13346v1.patch
 Patch1013:      CVE-2026-102925.patch
 Patch1014:      CVE-2026-102930.patch
+Patch1015:      remove-compromised-wheel-ca-roots.patch
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 %description
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environment.
 %patch -P 0 -p1
 %patch -P 1013 -p1
 %patch -P 1014 -p1
+%patch -P 1015 -p1
 
 # Manual patching for CVE-2025-50181 and CVE-2026-1703v0
 # For CVE-2025-50181, poolmanager.py file is located in 2 different places and each is of different version so the same patch cannot be applied to all of them.
@@ -158,6 +160,9 @@ zip -r ../src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/unpacked_wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.wh
 popd
 rm -rf unpacked_wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any
 
+%{__python3} Tools/remove-untrusted-wheel-roots.py \
+    --expected-removals 3 src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-*.whl
+
 %generate_buildrequires
 
 %build
@@ -167,10 +172,41 @@ rm -rf unpacked_wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any
 %pyproject_install
 
 %check
-pip3 install 'tox>=3.27.1,<4.0.0'
-# skip "test_can_build_c_extensions" tests since they fail on python3_version >= 3.12. See https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-virtualenv/blob/rawhide/f/python-virtualenv.spec#_153
-sed -i 's/coverage run -m pytest {posargs:--junitxml {toxworkdir}\/junit\.{envname}\.xml tests --int}/coverage run -m pytest {posargs:--junitxml {toxworkdir}\/junit\.{envname}\.xml tests -k "not test_can_build_c_extensions" --int}/g' tox.ini
-tox -e py
+# Keep the test environment outside zipapp's source copy.
+check_env=$(mktemp -d "$PWD/../virtualenv-check.XXXXXX")
+python3 -m venv "$check_env"
+cat > "$check_env/constraints.txt" <<'EOF'
+covdefaults==2.3.0
+coverage==7.10.6
+coverage-enable-subprocess==1.0
+distlib==0.3.8
+filelock==3.20.3
+flaky==3.8.1
+iniconfig==2.1.0
+packaging==25.0
+platformdirs==4.3.8
+pluggy==1.6.0
+pygments==2.19.2
+pytest==8.4.2
+pytest-env==1.1.5
+pytest-mock==3.15.1
+pytest-randomly==3.16.0
+pytest-timeout==2.4.0
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
+setuptools==80.9.0
+six==1.17.0
+time-machine==2.19.0
+typing-extensions==4.13.2
+EOF
+set -- %{_pyproject_wheeldir}/*.whl
+test "$#" -eq 1
+"$check_env/bin/python" -m pip install --disable-pip-version-check \
+    --constraint "$check_env/constraints.txt" "$1[test]"
+export PATH="$check_env/bin:$PATH"
+unset COVERAGE_PROCESS_START
+export PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING=1
+"$check_env/bin/python" -m pytest --junitxml junit.py.xml \
+    tests -k 'not test_can_build_c_extensions' --int
 
 %files -n python3-virtualenv
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
@@ -179,6 +215,11 @@ tox -e py
 %{_bindir}/virtualenv
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 23 2026 Jon Slobodzian <joslobo@microsoft.com> - 20.36.1-8
+- Remove affected eMudhra and AAA roots from both embedded pip wheels.
+- Regenerate wheel RECORD entries after the existing security backports.
+- Run pytest directly with pinned test dependencies in a private environment.
+
 * Mon Oct 05 2026 Kshitiz Godara <kgodara@microsoft.com> - 20.36.1-7
 - Patch for CVE-2026-102925 and CVE-2026-102930
 
diff --git a/SPECS/python-virtualenv/remove-compromised-wheel-ca-roots.patch b/SPECS/python-virtualenv/remove-compromised-wheel-ca-roots.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3eeaa9c7d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPECS/python-virtualenv/remove-compromised-wheel-ca-roots.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+Subject: [PATCH] Distrust incident-related eMudhra and AAA trust anchors
+
+Remove only the affected trust anchors, including the AAA cross-signing
+path. Preserve the unaffected emSign G1, C1 and C3 anchors.
+Reference: https://emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/
+Upstream-status: Azure Linux trust-store backport
+
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/Tools/remove-untrusted-wheel-roots.py
+@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
++"""Remove incident-related trust anchors from bundled wheels and renew RECORD."""
++
++import argparse
++import base64
++import csv
++import hashlib
++import io
++from pathlib import Path
++import re
++import ssl
++import tempfile
++import zipfile
++
++
++UNTRUSTED_SHA256 = {
++    "d7a7a0fb5d7e2731d771e9484ebcdef71d5f0c3e0a2948782bc83ee0ea699ef4",
++    "86a1ecba089c4a8d3bbe2734c612ba341d813e043cf9e8a862cd5c57a36bbe6b",
++}
++CERTIFICATE = re.compile(
++    rb"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\s+[A-Za-z0-9+/=\s]+?-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
++)
++
++
++def prepare_wheel(path):
++    with zipfile.ZipFile(path) as archive:
++        infos = archive.infolist()
++        if len({info.filename for info in infos}) != len(infos):
++            raise ValueError(f"{path}: duplicate wheel members")
++        records = [
++            info.filename
++            for info in infos
++            if info.filename.endswith(".dist-info/RECORD")
++        ]
++        if len(records) != 1:
++            raise ValueError(f"{path}: expected exactly one wheel RECORD")
++        record = records[0]
++        if any(
++            name in archive.namelist() for name in (record + ".jws", record + ".p7s")
++        ):
++            raise ValueError(f"{path}: cannot rewrite a signed wheel")
++        payload = {info.filename: archive.read(info) for info in infos}
++
++    removed = 0
++
++    def retain_certificate(match):
++        nonlocal removed
++        der = ssl.PEM_cert_to_DER_cert(match.group().decode("ascii"))
++        if hashlib.sha256(der).hexdigest() in UNTRUSTED_SHA256:
++            removed += 1
++            return b""
++        return match.group()
++
++    for name, data in payload.items():
++        if name.endswith((".pem", ".crt")):
++            payload[name] = CERTIFICATE.sub(retain_certificate, data)
++
++    if not removed:
++        return None, 0
++
++    output = io.StringIO(newline="")
++    writer = csv.writer(output, lineterminator="\n")
++    for info in infos:
++        name = info.filename
++        if info.is_dir():
++            continue
++        if name == record:
++            writer.writerow((name, "", ""))
++        else:
++            data = payload[name]
++            digest = base64.urlsafe_b64encode(hashlib.sha256(data).digest())
++            writer.writerow((name, "sha256=" + digest.rstrip(b"=").decode(), len(data)))
++    payload[record] = output.getvalue().encode("utf-8")
++    return (path, infos, payload), removed
++
++
++def main():
++    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
++    parser.add_argument("--expected-removals", type=int, required=True)
++    parser.add_argument("wheels", nargs="+", type=Path)
++    args = parser.parse_args()
++    plans = []
++    total = 0
++    for path in args.wheels:
++        plan, removed = prepare_wheel(path)
++        if plan is not None:
++            plans.append(plan)
++        total += removed
++        print(f"{path}: removing {removed} affected trust anchors")
++    if total != args.expected_removals:
++        raise ValueError(
++            f"Expected {args.expected_removals} trust anchors, found {total}; "
++            "review the bundled wheels before changing this expectation"
++        )
++    for path, infos, payload in plans:
++        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
++            dir=path.parent, prefix=path.name + ".", suffix=".tmp", delete=False
++        ) as temporary:
++            temporary_path = Path(temporary.name)
++        try:
++            with zipfile.ZipFile(temporary_path, "w") as archive:
++                for info in infos:
++                    archive.writestr(info, payload[info.filename])
++            temporary_path.replace(path)
++        finally:
++            temporary_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
++
++
++if __name__ == "__main__":
++    main()