CVE-2014-9462

mercurial: command Injection via sshpeer._validaterepo()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · December 29, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The _validaterepo function in sshpeer in Mercurial before 3.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted repository name in a clone command.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified