bettercolors

GHSA-97g5-3584-2mjh

Malicious code in bettercolors (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.1`

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/bettercolors/MAL-2024-4796.json))

**References:**
- https://blog.sonatype.com/malware-monthly-december-2022
- https://blog.virustotal.com/2023/06/inside-of-wasps-nest-deep-dive-into.html
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/bettercolors/MAL-2024-4796.json
- https://research.jfrog.com/malicious-packages
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-BETTERCOLORS-3263683
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-97g5-3584-2mjh

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.1

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