uconst

GHSA-ccx7-pq2p-gjpj

Malicious code in uconst (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0rc1`

## Source: kam193 (cc4ce4d1709ad506513007356fd414ca83c1aa848f9134e952c4b760194428c6)
Package "uconst" is the package containing malicious code with multiple stage, exfiltrating basic info as well as browser data. It's put into others as dependency.


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


Campaign: 2024-08-uconst-old


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/uconst/MAL-2024-10179.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/uconst
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/uconst/MAL-2024-10179.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccx7-pq2p-gjpj

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0rc1

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