hexteamibm

GHSA-j39g-hjvj-c7vr

Malicious code in hexteamibm (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.4`

## Source: kam193 (7e39a6455fe7cac6fa055a3c30ea55393ca098996f1497564f4aefb6f907805a)
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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: 2024-07-hexmanibm


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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hexteamibm/MAL-2024-12285.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hexteamibm
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hexteamibm/MAL-2024-12285.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j39g-hjvj-c7vr

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.4

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