CVE-2022-38887
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor...
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2022-38887- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2022-38887- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0375
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0375- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7pgc-prpj-jg7v
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor...
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- Record
GHSA-7pgc-prpj-jg7v- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2022-38887- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2022-43083
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- Record
PYSEC-2022-43083- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2022-43125
The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The democritus-strings package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
- Record
PYSEC-2022-43125- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-38887 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in D8s-python Project D8s-python, published September 19, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.70%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.