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CVE-2008-2942GHSA-V2GW-X5JF-PGWVPYSEC-2026-666

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot)

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Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.0.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • mercurialPyPI

    fixed in 1.0.2

References 13

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