The d8s-urls package for Python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-csv package. The affected version is 0.1.0.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-42036 is rated High Exploit Risk (77/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.47% | 1.17% | +0.69% |
| 2 | 2026-04-06 | 0.45% | 0.47% | +0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-11-21 | — | 0.45% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| democritus | d8s-urls | 0.1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:democritus:d8s-urls:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/democritus-project/d8s-urls/issues/12 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
| https://pypi.org/project/d8s-urls/ | Product Third Party Advisory |
| https://pypi.org/project/democritus-csv/ | Product Third Party Advisory |