obs-service-tar_scm: command injection via mercurial handler
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
A shellcode injection in the mercurial handler of the obs tar_scm source service before version 0.12.4 could be used by attackers able to provide a _service file to execute code as the source service or the local user checking out the malicious services
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00661 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed buildservice (openSUSE): 0.12.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA buildservice (openSUSE) Fixed in 0.12.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-56004
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f3xh-pcqp-fpcm
- 2026-10-07 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-56004 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-56004 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f3xh-pcqp-fpcm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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