CVE-2022-40808
The d8s-dates for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The d8s-dates for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-hypothesis 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
- 1.36% probability · 72th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- democritus dates project/democritus dates
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-dates/issues/26Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://pypi.org/project/democritus-hypothesis/Not Applicable
- https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-dates/issues/26Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://pypi.org/project/democritus-hypothesis/Not Applicable
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.