CVE-2014-9462: Mercurial vulnerable to arbitrary command execution via a crafted repository name in a clone command

May 14, 2022 (updated September 24, 2024)

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-3pmw-h7j4-rf54
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2015-14.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9462
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19

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