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SCA: security update for mercurial (GHSA-j7c2-rqm3-c97m)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432727

Description

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

 - Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git ext:: URL when
 cloning a subrepository. (CVE-2016-3068)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7c2-rqm3-c97m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432727

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3068

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3068

BID: 85733

cwe: CWE-20