CVE-2022-40426 describes a critical code-execution backdoor found in version 0.1.0 of the d8s-asns Python package, distributed via PyPI. This vulnerability, introduced by a third party as the "democritus-networking" package, carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity. It allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with no user interaction required, making it highly exploitable over the network. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:d8s-asns_project:d8s-asns: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.