PT-2022-25381 · Pypi · Democritus-Hypothesis+1

Di1L0O · Published 2022-09-19 · Updated 2022-09-21 · CVE-2022-40432

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions d8s-strings version 0.1.0

Description The d8s-strings for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-hypothesis package.

Recommendations For version 0.1.0, avoid using the democritus-hypothesis package to minimize the risk of exploitation. Consider removing or disabling the democritus-hypothesis package until a safe version is available.

Exploit

Fix

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-40432

Affected Products

D8S-Strings

Democritus-Hypothesis

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-strings/issues/21 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40432 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40432 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/36618 · Telegram Post
• https://pypi.org/project/democritus-hypothesis · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/50064 · Telegram Post
• https://pypi.org/project/d8s-strings · Note