PT-2022-26216 · Pypi · Democritus-Dicts+1

Published 2022-10-11 · Updated 2025-05-19 · CVE-2022-42040

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-algorithms version 0.1.0

Description The d8s-algorithms 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-2022-42040

PYSEC-2022-43019

PYSEC-2022-43038

Affected Products

D8S-Algorithms

Democritus-Dicts

References · 9

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/dadadadada111/info/issues/1 · Exploit, Deleted
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-43019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42040 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-42040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-43038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://pypi.org/project/democritus-dicts · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/123018 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/51231 · Telegram Post
• https://pypi.org/project/d8s-algorithms · Note