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Malware

xmlbuilder3

GHSA-fjxw-m974-7322

Malicious code in xmlbuilder3 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.2`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (c5ccc40a08ace658e1c2bb67a692e4a04f1c6c826a6cfbf7c2bec41d0f54c540)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'xmlbuilder3' @ 0.0.2 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/xmlbuilder3/MAL-2023-8309.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/xmlbuilder3/MAL-2023-8309.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjxw-m974-7322

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.0.2

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