HIGH
mercurial: command injection via git subrepository urls
Published Apr 13, 2016
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 5.41%
Description
Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git ext:: URL when cloning a subrepository.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 22
- 23
Configuration 4
OR
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 7.0
Configuration 5
OR
- 11
- 13.2
- 11
- 12
- 12
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
mercurial-0:2.6.2-6.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0706
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
mercurial
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | mercurial-0:2.6.2-6.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0706 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mercurial | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.7 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality High
Vulnerable System Integrity High
Vulnerable System Availability High
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.41% 0.05405
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05405
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05405) | 92.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05405) | 92.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 6.61% (0.06607) | 93.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05405) | 92.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 6.61% (0.06607) | 93.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05405) | 92.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 6.61% (0.06607) | 93.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05405) | 92.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 6.61% (0.06607) | 93.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05405) | 91.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2025 | 5.07% (0.05065) | 89.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03419) | 86.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.12% (0.05119) | 82.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.42% (0.03419) | 86.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.32% (0.05322) | 93.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 13, 2024 | 5.32% (0.05322) | 93.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 5.21% (0.05208) | 92.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.82% (0.04820) | 91.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 93.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 93.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2022 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 83.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.87% (0.07871) | 81.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (21)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0706.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85733 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3068 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319768 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7c2-rqm3-c97m Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2016-26.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3068
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/34d43cb85de8 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228003737/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85733
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3068
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 13, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Mar 10, 2016
Link CVE-2016-3068
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-J7C2-RQM3-C97M Updated n/a