catme

GHSA-427c-gj8q-45hc

Malicious code in catme (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0`

## Source: kam193 (7b5df44af9cbed7b8a7112f36f9c99b466e9143b36d62fd43e4caf480df811d0)
Importing the module starts executing a remote script, as well as leaves a persitance in the .bashrc


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2023-12-09-papiculo


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/catme/MAL-2024-12230.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/catme
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/catme/MAL-2024-12230.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-427c-gj8q-45hc

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.