CVE-2022-38792
Published: 27 August 2022
The exotel (aka exotel-py) package in PyPI as of 0.1.6 includes a code execution backdoor inserted by a third party.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| rodrigo-zaiden | version 0.1.6 is not official and was tampered in PyPI to include a backdoor. Ubuntu does not include it in any release. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
python-exotel Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(debian: Vulnerable backdoored version not uploaded to Debian)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://github.com/jertel/elastalert2/pull/931
- https://github.com/sarathsp06/exotel-py/issues/10
- https://inspector.pypi.io/project/exotel/0.1.6/packages/8b/ed/9ebeb34d4adb9b01151d73ccfde9c1cb2d629c3b146953c8727559a65446/exotel-0.1.6.tar.gz/exotel-0.1.6/setup.py
- https://pypi.org/project/exotel/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38792
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian