affected: - package: ecosystem: PyPI name: democritus-networking purl: pkg:pypi/democritus-networking ranges: - events: - introduced: '0' type: ECOSYSTEM versions: - 2021.1.21 - 2023.1.21 - 2023.1.22 aliases: - CVE-2022-40431 details: The d8s-pdfs 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. id: PYSEC-2022-43117 modified: '2024-11-21T14:22:44.53409Z' published: '2022-09-19T16:15:00Z' references: - type: PACKAGE url: https://pypi.org/project/democritus-networking/ - type: EVIDENCE url: https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-pdfs/issues/5 - type: REPORT url: https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-pdfs/issues/5 severity: - score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H type: CVSS_V3 withdrawn: '2024-11-22T04:37:03Z'