Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-40432

Description

The d8s-strings 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.

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Affected products

python/d8s-stringsdescription
Pypi/d8s-stringsllm-create
Range: =0.1.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/democritus-project/d8s-strings/issues/21nvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
pypi.org/project/d8s-strings/nvdProduct
pypi.org/project/democritus-hypothesis/nvdProduct

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