VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-40809
The d8s-dicts for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.06%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The d8s-dicts 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
- 1.06% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- democritus dicts project/democritus dicts
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-dicts/issues/6Third Party Advisory
- https://pypi.org/project/democritus-hypothesis/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-dicts/issues/6Third Party Advisory
- https://pypi.org/project/democritus-hypothesis/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.