CVE-2022-38886 describes a critical code-execution backdoor found in version 0.1.0 of the d8s-xml Python package, distributed via PyPI, which was introduced by a third-party democritus-strings package. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:d8s-xml_project:d8s-xml:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
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
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.