RCE in Mercurial
CVE-2017-1000116
Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh, leading to possible shell-injection attacks.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.046 (89.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Mercurial
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 7.4, 7.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_tus — versions 7.4, 7.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-1000116?
- CVE-2017-1000116 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mercurial, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-10-05.
- How severe is CVE-2017-1000116?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.