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.
CVE-2023-5752
This low-severity CVE scores 3.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 62% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.3
- EG Score
- 3.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 15(Track)EG Risk 15/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity33% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 39%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 25, 2023
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (15)
- cna@pythonhttps://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
- cna@pythonhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/
- cna@pythonhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/
- cna@pythonhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/
- cna@pythonhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/
- cna@pythonhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/
- cna@pythonhttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-5752(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | automation-controller-0:4.5.7-1.el9ap | 2024-06-10 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-pip | 20.3.4-4, 20.3.4-4+deb11u1 | 20.3.4-4+deb11u2 | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| python-pip | 23.0.1+dfsg-1 ... 26.1.2+dfsg-1 (22 versions) | — | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-pip | — | 23.3+dfsg-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| python-pip | — | 23.3+dfsg-1 | — |
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | 0.2 ... 9.0.3 (134 versions) | 23.3 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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10 shownredhat
- CVE-2001-0825EG 10.0HIGH
- CVE-2001-0554EG 10.0EPSS p98HIGH
- CVE-2001-0414EG 10.0EPSS p100HIGH
- CVE-2001-0191EG 10.0EPSS p92HIGH
- CVE-2001-0301EG 10.0EPSS p91HIGH
- CVE-2001-0197EG 10.0EPSS p96HIGH
- CVE-2001-0233EG 10.0EPSS p96HIGH
- CVE-2001-0010EG 10.0EPSS p98HIGH
- CVE-2001-0011EG 10.0EPSS p94HIGH
- CVE-2001-0013EG 10.0EPSS p96HIGH
Same CWE
10 shownCWE-77
- CVE-2015-7541EG 10.0CRITICAL
- CVE-2015-1815EG 10.0EPSS p97HIGH
- CVE-2014-1905EG 10.0EPSS p95HIGH
- CVE-2013-2810EG 10.0EPSS p93HIGH
- CVE-2014-5470EG 9.8EPSS p95CRITICAL
- CVE-2013-2513EG 9.8CRITICAL
- CVE-2015-20108EG 9.8CRITICAL
- CVE-2015-10096NVD 5.0EG 9.8CRITICAL
- CVE-2015-20107NVD 7.6EG 9.8EPSS p94CRITICAL
- CVE-2014-4982EG 9.8EPSS p91CRITICAL
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