VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-2942

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-06-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Primary references