Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2024-03-06 11:01
Modified
2025-11-06 13:25
Summary
Mercurial configuration injectable in repo revision when installing via pip
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "pip",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/pip"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "23.3.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-5752"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Low"
  },
  "details": "When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL  (ie \"pip install \nhg+...\") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could\n be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the \"hg clone\" \ncall (ie \"--config\"). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify\n how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not \naffect users who aren\u0027t installing from Mercurial.",
  "id": "BIT-pip-2023-5752",
  "modified": "2025-11-06T13:25:46.476Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:01:43.973Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5752"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Mercurial configuration injectable in repo revision when installing via pip"
}


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