VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

pyminor

GHSA-c7w3-8j44-9v22

Malicious code in pyminor (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: checkmarx (f4b65ae360c6ccb0733894c0d6db59f44827dad1169ff36141aa391ef89f51a0)
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/pyminor/MAL-2023-8582.json))

**References:**
- https://checkmarx.com/blog/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pyminor/MAL-2023-8582.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-PYMINOR-6069637
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c7w3-8j44-9v22

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.