CVE-2019-3902GHSA-MQ66-VCFC-8246PYSEC-2019-188
A flaw was found in Mercurial before 4.9.
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 4.9
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
A flaw was found in Mercurial before 4.9. It was possible to use symlinks and subrepositories to defeat Mercurial's path-checking logic and write files outside a repository.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- The Mercurial Project mercurial
before 4.9
- mercurialPyPI
fixed in 4.9