CVE-2017-9462

In Mercurial before 4.1.3, "hg serve --stdio" allows remote authenticated users to launch the Python debugger, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by using --debugger as a repository name.

• CWE-732

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/861243Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3963Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99123Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1576Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/861243Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-18Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg/rev/77eaf9539499Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_4.1.3_.282017-4-18.29Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 6, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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