CVE-2022-42039

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-lists/issues/18	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/d8s-lists/	Product Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-dicts/	Product Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-lists/issues/18	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/d8s-lists/	Product Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-dicts/	Product Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:24

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-lists/issues/18 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-lists/issues/18 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://pypi.org/project/d8s-lists/ - Product, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://pypi.org/project/d8s-lists/ - Product, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://pypi.org/project/democritus-dicts/ - Product, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://pypi.org/project/democritus-dicts/ - Product, Third Party Advisory

15 May 2023, 16:11

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:democritus:d8s-lists:0.1.0:::::pypl::	cpe:2.3:a:democritus:d8s-lists:0.1.0:::::python::

13 Oct 2022, 02:35

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-10-11 22:15

Updated : 2025-05-19 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-42039

Mitre link : CVE-2022-42039

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-42039

JSON object : View

Products Affected

democritus

d8s-lists

CWE

CWE-434

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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