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CVE-2022-40809

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.04% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2022-09-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2022-40809
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
1.04%

Original NVD Description

The d8s-dicts for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The backdoor is the democritus-hypothesis package. The affected version is 0.1.0