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Malware

selfvisacpuhydra

GHSA-276g-q46p-5g9p

Malicious code in selfvisacpuhydra (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (cdbab4dc3cc450ba521b8f72fc08cd80e323a77e3f7002f9781db21c33809d37)
EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/selfvisacpuhydra/MAL-2023-6771.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/selfvisacpuhydra/MAL-2023-6771.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/the-skeleton-squad-tracing-the-origins-and-scope-of-5000-malicious-packages-on-pypi-7516c16e4da9
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-276g-q46p-5g9p

Compromised versions (1)

  • > 0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.