CVE-2010-4237
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-7gf7-7wx4-mxmwMercurial Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability2022-04-21ghsa · osvUS
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
- PYSEC-2026-665Mercurial Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability2026-07-02vendor · osvUS
Mercurial before 1.6.4 fails to verify the Common Name field of SSL certificates which allows remote attackers who acquire a certificate signed by a Certificate Authority to perform a man-in-the-middle attack.
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references (14)
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- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237cnnvd
- https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2407cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4237cnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4237cnnvd
- https://www.mercurial-scm.orgPatchcnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598841enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4237enisa_euvd
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