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Malware

theanswre

GHSA-hfjq-cx8p-hp3p

Malicious code in theanswre (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.2.4`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (3a5007e2f06a55345366f95d0073e9980436e74745540a4e9b43c8a1836c4bef)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'theanswre' @ 0.2.4 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/theanswre/MAL-2026-627.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/theanswre/MAL-2026-627.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfjq-cx8p-hp3p

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.2.4

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