vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-3902: mercurial: Path-checking logic bypass via symlinks and subrepositories
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) | Apr 22, 2019 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 22, 2019
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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