Code execution via malicious dependency
Published Sep 19, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Code execution in d8s-urls for Python 0.1.0 allows attackers to execute code through a malicious democritus-file-system dependency. The distributed package includes that third-party backdoor, while public records do not identify a specific callable or trigger path. Installing or importing the affected release exposes execution in the package context; the published record provides no additional evidence about authentication, network reachability, or observed exploitation.
Summary
What happened
Code execution in d8s-urls for Python 0.1.0 allows attackers to execute code through a malicious democritus-file-system dependency. The distributed package includes that third-party backdoor, while public records do not identify a specific callable or trigger path. Installing or importing the affected release exposes execution in the package context; the published record provides no additional evidence about authentication, network reachability, or observed exploitation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-40811
- Published
- Sep 19, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1195.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 19, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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