| Name | CVE-2023-5752 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| python-pip (PTS) | buster | 18.1-5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 20.3.4-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 23.0.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 24.0+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| python-pip | source | (unstable) | 23.3+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - python-pip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python-pip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - python-pip <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/