CVE-2022-42044 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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-html package. The affected version is 0.1.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Democritus	D8s-asns

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:democritus:d8s-asns:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/dadadadada111/info/issues/4
https://pypi.org/project/d8s-asns/
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-html/

History

Mon, 19 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-19T20:45:01.135Z

Reserved: 2022-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42044

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:56:39.295Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-11T22:15:12.297

Modified: 2025-05-19T21:15:21.117

Link: CVE-2022-42044

Redhat

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