awsgluedq

GHSA-hmxv-h69r-fpf6

Malicious code in awsgluedq (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.3`

## Source: kam193 (da16cd67a3672f17d5cce10c5626cf682be33e63db5ca04db645b975afc9bea1)
This is a couple of packages with names appearing to be a library for an AWS or other service. Their only behaviour is to call home on installation or import


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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: 2025-01-aws-glue


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/awsgluedq/MAL-2025-2941.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/awsgluedq
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/awsgluedq/MAL-2025-2941.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hmxv-h69r-fpf6

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.3

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