Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-5752

RCE

Title: Pypa Pip RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-5752.

CWE Category CWE-77
Published Date Oct 25, 2023
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-5752: When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie "pip install hg+...") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the "hg clone" call (ie "--config"). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not affect users who aren't installing from Mercurial.

Impacted Vendors

P
pypa 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/ https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-5752 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.