maliciouspackage

GHSA-g6v8-f36h-fc92

Malicious code in maliciouspackage (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.5`

## Source: kam193 (d0e8a8d581266436f0546b5039ee82ab734d45f8489e281322dd871124dad9ce)
Clearly a demo malicious package, attempting to exfiltrate a token from the git config


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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: 2024-10-old-maliciouspackage


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/maliciouspackage/MAL-2024-12303.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/maliciouspackage
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/maliciouspackage/MAL-2024-12303.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g6v8-f36h-fc92

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.5

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