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CVE-2023-5752

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5752 affects pypa pip versions prior to 23.3, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary configuration options into the "hg clone" command when installing packages from a Mercurial VCS URL. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3 (LOW), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, and a potential impact of low integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 23.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 1,509 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 3.12.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 3.12.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 python3 3.9.19-13 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.9.19-14
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 python3 3.12.0-4 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.12.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 python3 3.12.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.12.3-1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pipFixed in: 23.3
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Fixed in: automation-controller-0:4.5.7-1.el8ap
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: automation-controller-0:4.5.7-1.el9ap
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: python-pyrsistent
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Dev SpacesFixed in: devspaces/udi-rhel8
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quay 3Fixed in: quay/quay-rhel8

Vendor Advisories (4)

microsoft2024-Sep/CVE-2023-5752

CVE-2023-5752

Sep 10, 2024
pipGHSA-mq26-g339-26xfmedium

Command Injection in pip when used with Mercurial

Oct 25, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-5752Low

pip: Mercurial configuration injectable in repo revision when installing via pip

Oct 25, 2023
microsoft2023-Oct/CVE-2023-5752Low

Mercurial configuration injectable in repo revision when installing via pip

Oct 10, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html
github.com / pypa/pip/pull/12306
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ
mail.python.org / archives/list/[email protected]/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL
Vendor Advisory