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TI-2008-04098 Aliases CVE-2008-4297GHSA-rw83-rp96-92cm

Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull…

Priority LOW 28CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

Mercurial before 1.0.2 does not enforce the allowpull permission setting for a pull operation from hgweb, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files from a repository via an "hg pull" request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02695 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mercurial:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0.1VulnerableMercurial
  • cpe:2.3:a:mercurial:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Mercurial

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-4297
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rw83-rp96-92cm

References

Advisory 1

Other 5

  • TI-2014-07619 Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-06870 In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-14453 Mercurial prior to 4.3 did not adequately sanitize hostnames passed to ssh, leading to possible shell-injection attacks. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-12752 In Mercurial before 4.4.1, it is possible that a specially malformed repository can cause… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-09592 mpatch.c in Mercurial before 4.6.1 mishandles integer addition and subtraction, aka OVE-20180430-0002. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-03079 The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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