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Vulnerability details: VCID-k5yn-bund-q3ab
Vulnerability ID VCID-k5yn-bund-q3ab
Aliases CVE-2023-5752
GHSA-mq26-g339-26xf
PYSEC-2023-228
Summary When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie "pip install hg+...") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the "hg clone" call (ie "--config"). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not affect users who aren't installing from Mercurial.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
cvssv3.1 3.3 https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2023-228.yaml
https://github.com/pypa/pip
https://github.com/pypa/pip/commit/389cb799d0da9a840749fcd14878928467ed49b4
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/
CVE-2023-5752 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5752
GHSA-mq26-g339-26xf https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mq26-g339-26xf
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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none

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none

No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:33:09.817853+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/pip/PYSEC-2023-228.yaml 38.6.0