What is CVE-2022-44053?

CVE-2022-44053 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Democritus D8s-Networking, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-44053?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Democritus D8s-Networking

CVE-2022-44053

The d8s-networking for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. A potential code execution backdoor inserted by third parties is the democritus-user-agents package. The affected version of d8s-htm is 0.1.0.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th 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 D8s-networking — versions 0.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44053?: CVE-2022-44053 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Democritus D8s-Networking, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-44053?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.