CVE-2023-5752

LOW EPSS 37.6%
Published Oct 25, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
3.3 CVSS 3.1
Low
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Published Oct 25, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 Details

Base Score
3.3
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
37.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-77 Command Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
pypapip* <23.3

References 8

  • github.com https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/
  • mail.python.org https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
    Patch