CVE-2022-38792
criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The exotel (aka exotel-py) package in PyPI as of 0.1.6 includes a code execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-cv6j-9835-p7fhexotel-py includes code execution backdoor inserted by a third party2022-08-28ghsa · osvUS
The exotel (aka exotel-py) package in PyPI as of 0.1.6 includes a code execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Users should downgrade to version 0.1.5 to avoid the problem.
- PYSEC-2022-431342022-08-27vendor · osvUS
The exotel (aka exotel-py) package in PyPI as of 0.1.6 includes a code execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
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references (13)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-38792/cnnvd
- https://github.com/jertel/elastalert2/pull/931cnnvd
- https://github.com/sarathsp06/exotel-py/issues/10cnnvd
- https://inspector.pypi.io/project/exotel/0.1.6/packages/8b/ed/9ebeb34d4adb9b01151d73ccfde9c1cb2d629c3b146953c8727559a65446/exotel-0.1.6.tar.gz/exotel-0.1.6/setup.pycnnvd
- https://pypi.org/project/exotel/cnnvd
- https://github.com/jertel/elastalert2/pull/931enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/sarathsp06/exotel-py/issues/10enisa_euvd
- https://inspector.pypi.io/project/exotel/0.1.6/packages/8b/ed/9ebeb34d4adb9b01151d73ccfde9c1cb2d629c3b146953c8727559a65446/exotel-0.1.6.tar.gz/exotel-0.1.6/setup.pyenisa_euvd
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