PT-2022-26215 · Pypi · Democritus-Dicts+1

Di1L0O · Published 2022-10-11 · Updated 2025-05-19 · CVE-2022-42039

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-lists version 0.1.0

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

Recommendations For version 0.1.0, consider removing or avoiding the use of the democritus-dicts package to prevent potential code execution. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive resources until a safe version of the package is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-42039

PYSEC-2022-43027

PYSEC-2022-43037

Affected Products

D8S-Lists

Democritus-Dicts

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-lists/issues/18 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-43037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-43027 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42039 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/51232 · Telegram Post
• https://pypi.org/project/democritus-dicts · Note
• https://pypi.org/project/d8s-lists · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/123017 · Telegram Post