diff --git a/Lib/test/test_venv.py b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
index e98e52c2ea2045..bcf7f7f3fd1e1f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
@@ -603,6 +603,27 @@ def test_install_scripts_selinux(self):
             venv.create(self.env_dir)
             listxattr_mock.assert_not_called()
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt', 'POSIX-specific permission test')
+    def test_install_scripts_honors_umask(self):
+        """
+        gh-127172: Activation scripts must inherit the process umask (and any
+        default ACL) like every other created file, rather than a fixed mode
+        copied from the source template.
+        """
+        old_umask = os.umask(0o002)
+        try:
+            venv.create(self.env_dir, with_pip=False)
+            bindir = os.path.join(self.env_dir, self.bindir)
+            control = os.path.join(bindir, 'control')
+            with open(control, 'w'):
+                pass
+            expected = os.stat(control).st_mode & 0o777
+            for name in ('activate', 'activate.csh', 'activate.fish'):
+                mode = os.stat(os.path.join(bindir, name)).st_mode & 0o777
+                self.assertEqual(mode, expected)
+        finally:
+            os.umask(old_umask)
+
     def test_overwrite_existing(self):
         """
         Test creating environment in an existing directory.
diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
index bd2762d55ef696..86d980dbbcc408 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
@@ -592,11 +592,10 @@ def skip_file(f):
                                    'may be binary: %s', srcfile, e)
                     continue
                 if new_data == data:
-                    shutil.copy(srcfile, dstfile)
+                    shutil.copyfile(srcfile, dstfile)
                 else:
                     with open(dstfile, 'wb') as f:
                         f.write(new_data)
-                    shutil.copymode(srcfile, dstfile)
 
     def upgrade_dependencies(self, context):
         logger.debug(
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-29-12-20-39.gh-issue-127172.Kf3Xa9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-29-12-20-39.gh-issue-127172.Kf3Xa9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c4bf1f07a2ea57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-29-12-20-39.gh-issue-127172.Kf3Xa9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Creating a virtual environment with :mod:`venv` now writes the activation
+scripts using permissions derived from the process umask (and any default
+ACL), consistent with the other files it creates, instead of a fixed mode
+copied from the packaged templates. Patch by tonghuaroot.