pyclack

GHSA-8cmr-mqj5-8gpx

Malicious code in pyclack (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: checkmarx (a5bbfd7bb3c6e08fcaab006836d25519f6f790a3e647e64dd210e0b6f464d490)
Malicious packages campaign targeting developers, payload is hidden using Steganography, exfiltrate host information

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pyclack/MAL-2023-8569.json))

**References:**
- https://checkmarx.com/blog/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers
- https://github.com/DataDog/malicious-software-packages-dataset
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pyclack/MAL-2023-8569.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers-3712f0f107e0
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYCLACK-6069634
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8cmr-mqj5-8gpx

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

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