{ "document": { "category": "csaf_vex", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "TuxCare License Agreement", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Cloud Linux Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://tuxcare.com/contact/", "name": "TuxCare", "namespace": "https://tuxcare.com/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/cloudlinux7els/vex/2023/cve-2023-5752-els_os-cloudlinux7els.json" } ], "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-11-05T18:45:25Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-11-05T18:45:25Z", "engine": { "name": "pyCSAF" } }, "id": "CVE-2023-5752-ELS_OS-CLOUDLINUX7ELS", "initial_release_date": "2023-10-25T18:17:00Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2023-10-25T18:17:00Z", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2026-11-05T18:45:25Z", "number": "2", "summary": "Official Publication" } ], "status": "final", "version": "2" }, "title": "Security update on CVE-2023-5752" }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "CloudLinux 7", "product": { "name": "CloudLinux 7", "product_id": "CloudLinux-7", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:cloudlinux:cloudlinux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "CloudLinux" }, { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch", "product": { "name": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch", "product_id": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/cloudlinux/python3-pip@9.0.3-8.0.3.el7?arch=noarch" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "noarch" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Cloud Linux Software, Inc." }, { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch", "product": { "name": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch", "product_id": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/cloudlinux/python3-pip@9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1?arch=noarch" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "noarch" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "CloudLinux" } ], "relationships": [ { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch as a component of CloudLinux 7", "product_id": "CloudLinux-7:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch" }, "product_reference": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch", "relates_to_product_reference": "CloudLinux-7" }, { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch as a component of CloudLinux 7", "product_id": "CloudLinux-7:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch" }, "product_reference": "python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch", "relates_to_product_reference": "CloudLinux-7" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2023-5752", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-77", "name": "Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie \"pip install \nhg+...\") with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could\n be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the \"hg clone\" \ncall (ie \"--config\"). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify\n how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not \naffect users who aren't installing from Mercurial.", "title": "Vulnerability description" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "CloudLinux-7:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch", "CloudLinux-7:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2023-5752" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306", "url": "https://github.com/pypa/pip/pull/12306" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/622OZXWG72ISQPLM5Y57YCVIMWHD4C3U/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/65UKKF5LBHEFDCUSPBHUN4IHYX7SRMHH/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FXUVMJM25PUAZRQZBF54OFVKTY3MINPW/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KFC2SPFG5FLCZBYY2K3T5MFW2D22NG6E/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/", "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YBSB3SUPQ3VIFYUMHPO3MEQI4BJAXKCZ/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/", "url": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/F4PL35U6X4VVHZ5ILJU3PWUWN7H7LZXL/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html", "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00028.html" } ], "release_date": "2023-10-25T18:17:00Z", "remediations": [ { "category": "no_fix_planned", "date": "2026-10-15T15:13:20.567862Z", "details": "Deprioritize this: it is a local, install-time issue that only triggers when pip is invoked with an explicitly crafted Mercurial VCS URL (hg+…), requires the Mercurial CLI to be available, and does not affect normal index/wheel installs or any non‑Mercurial VCS workflows. Exploitation demands a low‑privileged local user supply an attacker‑controlled revision string to inject --config into hg clone; there is no ongoing runtime impact to already‑deployed services. Pip 23.3 and later are not affected, and the attack surface exists only where this non‑default Mercurial-based installation path is intentionally used.", "product_ids": [ "CloudLinux-7:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.noarch", "CloudLinux-7:python3-pip-0:9.0.3-8.0.3.el7.tuxcare.els1.noarch" ] } ] } ] }