# PYSEC-2022-43084 - The d8s-python for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a potential code-execution backdoor…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/pysec-2022-43084-the-d8s-python-for-python-as-distributed-on-pypi-1f6414fb  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-11-07  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-11-07

The d8s-python 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-algorithms package. The affected version of d8s-htm is 0.1.0.

Technologies: [d8s-python (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/d8s-python). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 November 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** d8s-python (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected?** Check whether you run d8s-python (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- d8s-python (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0

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