CVE-2019-3902

mercurial: Path-checking logic bypass via symlinks and subrepositories

Published Apr 22, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1764-1 mercurial security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2293-1 mercurial security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-0085 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mq66-vcfc-8246 Mercurial Path Traversal/Link Following vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4086-1 Mercurial vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5102-1 Mercurial vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5102-2 Mercurial vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 7:26 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 22, 2019, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 13, 2019, 12:00 AM