hmac2

GHSA-j3j5-2r76-ch65

Malicious code in hmac2 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (055915f62eab8a5fe37b7501a3ed565a2aba267bdd69e82acaa13525bacf41a1)
The package contains obfuscated code that exfiltrate basic data, and then executes commands delivered from remote server


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2024-10-hmac2


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - obfuscation


 - dependency-confusion


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


 - exfiltration-generic

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hmac2/MAL-2024-12287.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hmac2
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hmac2/MAL-2024-12287.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3j5-2r76-ch65

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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