CVE-2022-32997

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The RootInteractive package in PyPI v0.0.5 to v0.0.19b0 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.

Affected products

Pypi Rootinteractive: from 0.0.5 before 0.0.19; 0.0.19, 0.0.19-b0 — fixed in 0.0.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pypi Rootinteractive 0.0.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://pypi.doubanio.com/simple/request
https://github.com/miranov25/RootInteractive/issues/206
https://pypi.org/project/RootInteractive/
http://pypi.doubanio.com/simple/request
https://github.com/miranov25/RootInteractive/issues/206
https://pypi.org/project/RootInteractive/

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