CVE-2022-38885

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

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

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-38885

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-09-19T16:15:11

Last Modified Date
2022-09-21T16:28:46

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-434	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:d8s-netstrings_project:d8s-netstrings:0.1.0:::::python::	1	OR

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://pypi.org/project/d8s-netstrings/
https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-netstrings/issues/4
https://pypi.org/project/democritus-strings/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38885
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38885

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-09-19 17:00:08				Added to TrackCVE