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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade mercurial | Nov 8, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade mercurial | Apr 26, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial to version 4.9.1-11.4.14.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial-27 to version 4.9.1-11.4.14.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Oct 16, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mercurial-langUpgrade mercurial | Jun 28, 2020 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade mercurialUpgrade mercurial-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade mercurial-commonUpgrade mercurial (Ubuntu Pro) | Aug 7, 2019 | Apr 22, 2019 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Apr 22, 2019 |
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