What is CVE-2022-34983?

CVE-2022-34983 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Scu-Captcha Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-22.

How severe is CVE-2022-34983?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Scu-Captcha Project

CVE-2022-34983

The scu-captcha package in PyPI v0.0.1 to v0.0.4 included a code execution backdoor inserted by a third party.

Published 2022-07-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Scu-Captcha Project

References

pypi.doubanio.com/simple/request (Not Applicable)
pypi.org/project/scu-captcha/ (Product)
github.com/SunnyHaze/SCU-Captcha/issues/1 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34983?: CVE-2022-34983 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Scu-Captcha Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-34983?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.