Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-34056

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 24 June 2022

Published
24 June 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0044 63.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-34056 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Pypi Watertools. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other AI Platforms.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Watertools package in PyPI v0.0.0 was discovered to contain a code execution backdoor via the request package. This vulnerability allows attackers to access sensitive user information and digital currency keys, as well as escalate privileges.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Other AI Platforms
Risk Domain
N/A
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: backdoor

Related Threats

Affected Assets

pypi
watertools
0.0.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References