CVE-2022-40805
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution...
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-hypothesis package.
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-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-hypothesis package.
- Record
CVE-2022-40805- 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
CVE List No score
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-hypothesis package.
- Record
CVE-2022-40805- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0383 No score
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-hypothesis package.
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EUVD-2022-0383- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j7ww-vq6m-p67w
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution...
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-hypothesis package.
- Record
GHSA-j7ww-vq6m-p67w- 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-2022-43102
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-hypothesis package.
- Record
PYSEC-2022-43102- 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
OSV No score
The d8s-urls for python 0.1.0, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-hypothesis package.
- Record
CVE-2022-40805- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| affected, aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-40805 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Democritus Urls Project Urls, published September 19, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.36%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.