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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

adent-core-api

GHSA-h99w-849w-m476

Malicious code in adent-core-api (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 999.999.999`

## Source: kam193 (7df6de918146aa733c034d9906a45d312d291156e2d227ef5fcf92ae370e79aa)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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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: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/752e8a991f186423e3415980200bebfec22d1070/osv/malicious/pypi/adent-core-api/MAL-2024-12188.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/adent-core-api
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/752e8a991f186423e3415980200bebfec22d1070/osv/malicious/pypi/adent-core-api/MAL-2024-12188.json
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/adent-core-api/MAL-2024-12188.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h99w-849w-m476

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 999.999.999

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