VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-38887
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.31%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.31% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- d8s-python project/d8s-python
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-python/issues/36Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://pypi.org/project/d8s-python/Product
- https://pypi.org/project/democritus-strings/Product
- https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-python/issues/36Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://pypi.org/project/d8s-python/Product
- https://pypi.org/project/democritus-strings/Product
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.