CVE-2017-1000115

high
Published 2017-10-05 · Modified 2024-05-01
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Mercurial prior to version 4.3 is vulnerable to a missing symlink check that can malicious repositories to modify files outside the repository

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000115

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000115.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.3_.2F_4.3.1_.282017-08-10.29

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.2.3-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.3.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.3.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.3.1-1
debian debiansidfixed4.3.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.3.1-1
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPImercurial<4.3.14.3.1
python PyPImercurial<4.34.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mercurialmercurial{"endExcluding":"4.3"}4.3

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.