bitcommit

GHSA-f743-phh8-84r4

Malicious code in bitcommit (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.7`

## Source: kam193 (d0e954ac7acd6af73d285edea41177ee09be01a2e14a1b4e6b195ba7e07b9515)
Packages exfiltrate the diff of the current repository. The code in "main.py" suggests it's not a real attempt to provide AI-generated commit message, but a security research attempting to leverage typosquatting.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: 2024-08-old-bitcommit


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/bitcommit/MAL-2024-12219.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/bitcommit
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/bitcommit/MAL-2024-12219.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f743-phh8-84r4

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.7

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