VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

esqmcmine

GHSA-h3cq-wgmq-wqqc

Malicious code in esqmcmine (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (cf24965d09a994e14e6959f817dc25cda6ac641f34f823d3beaba22cb359349b)
EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/esqmcmine/MAL-2023-3105.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/esqmcmine/MAL-2023-3105.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/the-skeleton-squad-tracing-the-origins-and-scope-of-5000-malicious-packages-on-pypi-7516c16e4da9
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h3cq-wgmq-wqqc

Compromised versions (1)

  • > 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.