CVE-2022-42039 (GCVE-0-2022-42039)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-19 20:39
VLAI
Summary
The d8s-lists package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-dicts package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-19 20:39 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2324 records in the last 180 days details
References
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