CVE-2022-41380 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The d8s-yaml package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-file-system package. The affected version is 0.1.0.

Published: 2022-10-11

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:democritus:d8s-yaml:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-0073	The d8s-yaml package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-file-system package. The affected version is 0.1.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00872.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-yaml/issues/4
https://pypi.org/project/d8s-yaml/
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-file-system/

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Democritus D8s-yaml

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T13:42:35.719Z

Reserved: 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41380

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:42:46.293Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-11T22:15:11.313

Modified: 2025-05-20T14:15:23.473

Link: CVE-2022-41380

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-434

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