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Malware

forenitz

GHSA-4j7j-2m66-7fj4

Malicious code in forenitz (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.6.7`

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/forenitz/MAL-2024-5153.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/forenitz/MAL-2024-5153.json
- https://hackernoon.com/how-rat-mutants-in-python-steal-data-and-evade-detection
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4j7j-2m66-7fj4

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.6.7

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