GHSA-v2gw-x5jf-pgwv · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Mercurial Directory traversal vulnerability
Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2942 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-07 | 0.58% | 0.79% | +0.21% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 1.11% | 0.58% | -0.53% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 1.11% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-v2gw-x5jf-pgwv · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Mercurial Directory traversal vulnerability
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2008-2942 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mercurial), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2942 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2008-2942: 1 GLSA(s) (200807-09), 1 atom(s) (dev-util/mercurial); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-2942 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2942 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2008-2942 severity moderate: SUSE including 7 source package names (mercurial, mercurial-2.3.2-0.9.2, …), 20 product×package rows across 17 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (17 product lines)): Known Not Affected 14, Fixed 6. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2942/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-2942 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mercurial), 12 status rows across 12 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 4, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2942 |