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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 23.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pypa:pip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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CVE-2023-5752
Sep 10, 2024Command Injection in pip when used with Mercurial
Oct 25, 2023pip: Mercurial configuration injectable in repo revision when installing via pip
Oct 25, 2023Mercurial configuration injectable in repo revision when installing via pip
Oct 10, 2023