What is CVE-2022-40812?

CVE-2022-40812 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Democritus Pdfs Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-40812?

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

Vulnerability in Democritus Pdfs Project

CVE-2022-40812

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-file-system package. The affected version is 0.1.0.

EPSS: 0.010 (61.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Democritus_pdfs_project Democritus_pdfs — versions 0.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40812?: CVE-2022-40812 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Democritus Pdfs Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-40812?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.