CVE-2022-40806
CriticalPublic PoC
Published: 19 September 2022
Published
19 September 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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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
0.0072
72.9th percentile
Risk Priority
20
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2022-40806 is a critical-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Democritus Uuids Project Democritus Uuids. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 27.1% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-0384
Vulnerability details
The d8s-uuids 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
- 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, backdoor
Related Threats
Affected Assets
democritus uuids project
democritus uuids
0.1.0
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.