Low severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-5752
When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie "pip install hg+...") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could be used to inject arbitrary…
3.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie "pip install
hg+...") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could
be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the "hg clone"
call (ie "--config"). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify
how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not
affect users who aren't installing from Mercurial.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
Pip · Pypa
before 23.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5752
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5752
Patch
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
lists.fedoraproject.org
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lists.fedoraproject.org
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lists.fedoraproject.org
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