CVE-2022-40428 - The d8s-mpeg for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party

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CRITICAL

The d8s-mpeg for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party

Published Sep 19, 2022

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.33%

Description

The d8s-mpeg for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-networking package. The affected version is 0.1.0.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-mpeg/issues/5
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-networking/
x_refsource_MISCProduct

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-mpeg/issues/5		x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-networking/		x_refsource_MISCProduct

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 19, 2022

Updated Aug 3, 2024

Reserved Sep 11, 2022

Link CVE-2022-40428

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2022-40428

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2022-40428