mennort

GHSA-2wgw-jw8w-3xqc

Malicious code in mennort (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (a18b704aee3dd3fa8d54027bbe2d6634696fcffaf194410e38fb5318d0d2a534)
Package sends out the data to a hardcoded webhook. However, it's clearly said in the description, thus - not really malicious.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2024-09-mennort


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mennort/MAL-2024-12305.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/mennort
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/mennort/MAL-2024-12305.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2wgw-jw8w-3xqc

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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