CVE-2022-30882 describes a critical code execution backdoor vulnerability in version 0.2 of the pyanxdns package for PyPI. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code on systems installing the affected package, which also installs the 'requests' package. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a report of a similar PyPI package containing a password stealer.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pyanxdns_project:pyanxdns:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.