Severity
8.8HIGH
EPSS
5.0%
top 10.29%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 13
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git ext:: URL when cloning a subrepository.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages11 packages

PyPImercurial< 3.7.3
Debianmercurial< 3.7.3-1+3
NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Fedora 22, 23, Enterprise Linux 7.2

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
Mercurial arbitrary code execution via a crafted git ext:: URL2022-05-14
OSV
Mercurial arbitrary code execution via a crafted git ext:: URL2022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2016-3068: Mercurial before 32016-04-13
CVEList
CVE-2016-3068: Mercurial before 32016-04-13

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
mercurial: command injection via git subrepository urls2016-03-29
Debian
CVE-2016-3068: mercurial - Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a c...2016

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3068 mercurial: Git ext:: URLs specified in Mercurial subrepositories allows RCE [fedora-all]2016-04-04
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3630 CVE-2016-3068 CVE-2016-3069 mercurial: various flaws [fedora-all]2016-03-30
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-3068 mercurial: command injection via git subrepository urls2016-03-21
CVE-2016-3068 (HIGH CVSS 8.8) | Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remot | cvebase.io