CVE-2022-44054: Democritus d8s-XML

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The d8s-xml 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-utility package. The affected version of d8s-htm is 0.1.0.

Affected products

• Democritus d8s-XML: version 0.1.0 only

Published 2022-11-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.