CVE-2017-1000116

high-risk
Published 2017-10-05

Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh, leading to possible shell-injection attacks.

Do I need to act?

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6.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (13)

Affected Vendors

Mercurial Debian Redhat

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489
Patch https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18
Release Notes https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.3_.2F_4.3.1_.282017-08-1...
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100290
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2489
Patch https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18
Release Notes https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.3_.2F_4.3.1_.282017-08-1...
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 17/34 · Moderate