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SCA: security update for mercurial (GHSA-6v56-cpg6-3rpx)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434090

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Mercurial before 4.4.1, it is possible that a specially malformed repository can cause Git
 subrepositories to run arbitrary code in the form of a .git/hooks/post-update script checked into the
 repository. Typical use of Mercurial prevents construction of such repositories, but they can be created
 programmatically. (CVE-2017-17458)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6v56-cpg6-3rpx

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434090

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17458

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17458

BID: 102926

cwe: CWE-78