CVE-2022-44054 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The d8s-xml for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-utility package. The affected version of d8s-htm is 0.1.0.

Published: 2022-11-07

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-xml: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-2022-0072	The d8s-xml for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-utility package. The affected version of d8s-htm 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 0.00659.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/dadadadada111/info/issues/18
https://pypi.org/project/d8s-xml/
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-utility/

History

Thu, 01 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Democritus D8s-xml

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-01T17:44:28.780Z

Reserved: 2022-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44054

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:47:05.675Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-07T15:15:11.687

Modified: 2025-05-01T18:15:48.503

Link: CVE-2022-44054

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-434

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