aiohttp-libscss

GHSA-cr66-829v-m4v4

Malicious code in aiohttp-libscss (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.23.0`

## Source: kam193 (d5cb2d30b1084d16cbffd08a377d8723d794f112d1d33e666a4d4154653015e0)
Imitate legit package, when used, sends out the URL of web application using the package


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


Campaign: 2024-08-app-url-to-telegram


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - clones-real-package


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


 - dependency-confusion


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aiohttp-libscss/MAL-2024-9937.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/aiohttp-libscss
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/aiohttp-libscss/MAL-2024-9937.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cr66-829v-m4v4

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.23.0

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