CVE-2016-3068
HIGH8.8EPSS 5.0%mercurial - security update
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git ext:: URL when cloning a subrepository.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/mercurialfrom 0, < 3.7.3-1
- Debian/mercurialfrom 0, < 2.2.2-4+deb7u2
- PyPI/mercurialfrom 0, < 3.7.3
- PyPI/mercurialfrom 0, < 3.7.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (18)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3068
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3068
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0706.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2016-26.yaml
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- WEBhttps://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/34d43cb85de8
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200228003737/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85733
- WEBhttps://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542
- WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85733