Vulnerability · Published Oct 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-42036
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the d8s-urls package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 23.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The d8s-urls package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-csv package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | d8s-urls | no fix listed | PYSEC-2022-43030 |
| PyPI | democritus-csv | no fix listed | PYSEC-2022-43035 |