Critical
Security advisory
The d8s-asns 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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-42037
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 10:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The d8s-asns 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.
osv:CVE-2022-42037
Complete source record
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