ubuntu-cve-2023-5752
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-10-25 18:17
Modified
2025-09-08 16:55
Summary
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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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\u0027t installing from Mercurial.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5752",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:55:58Z",
  "published": "2023-10-25T18:17:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5752"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq26-g339-26xf"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5752"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2023-5752"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-09-17T17:09:51Z"
}



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