# CVE-2022-30877: The keep for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2022-43056
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-06-08 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- keep (PyPI): all versions

## Description

The keep for python, as distributed on PyPI, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The current version, without this backdoor, is 1.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, keep, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://pypi.doubanio.com/simple/request
- https://pypi.org/project/keep
- https://github.com/OrkoHunter/keep/issues/85

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