CVE-2022-40808 describes a critical code-execution backdoor found in version 0.1.0 of the d8s-dates Python package, distributed via PyPI, which was introduced by a third party as the democritus-hypothesis package. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it's not on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:democritus_dates_project:democritus_dates: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
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.
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.