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PYSEC-2022-43021

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2022-10-11 22:15 - Updated: 2023-06-05 01:12

Details

The d8s-asns 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.

Impacted products

Name	purl
d8s-asns	pkg:pypi/d8s-asns

Aliases

CVE-2022-42037

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "d8s-asns",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/d8s-asns"
      },
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      "versions": [
        "0.1.0",
        "0.2.0",
        "0.3.0",
        "0.4.0",
        "0.5.0",
        "0.6.0",
        "0.6.1",
        "0.6.2",
        "0.7.0"
      ]
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-42037"
  ],
  "details": "The d8s-asns 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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2022-43021",
  "modified": "2023-06-05T01:12:48.172299Z",
  "published": "2022-10-11T22:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-asns/issues/9"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-asns/issues/9"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/d8s-asns/"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/democritus-csv/"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2022-42037 (GCVE-0-2022-42037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-20 13:31

Summary

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: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-20 13:30 UTC

CWE

n/a
CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2306 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://pypi.org/project/d8s-asns/
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-csv/
https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-asns/issues/9

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