CVE-2022-42042
criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The d8s-networking package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-hashes package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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affected products (4)
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advisories (2)
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- PYSEC-2022-430282022-10-11vendor · osvUS
The d8s-networking package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-hashes package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- PYSEC-2022-430442022-10-11vendor · osvUS
The d8s-networking package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-hashes package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
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references (12)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-42042cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-42042/cnnvd
- https://github.com/dadadadada111/info/issues/3cnnvd
- https://github.com/democritus-projectPatchcnnvd
- https://pypi.org/project/d8s-networking/cnnvd
- https://pypi.org/project/democritus-hashes/cnnvd
- https://github.com/dadadadada111/info/issues/3enisa_euvd
- https://pypi.org/project/d8s-networking/enisa_euvd
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