huggingleg

GHSA-j6vh-fgj6-49m6

Malicious code in huggingleg (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1`

## Source: kam193 (15016c2674d699af66ab871a07440b7fbd48d3ee267381ff8eb36ef1436df2c0)
Package use a name similar to a known service and automatically attempt do download and run a remote executable.


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


Campaign: 2024-11-huggingleg


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - 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/huggingleg/MAL-2024-11611.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/huggingleg
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/huggingleg/MAL-2024-11611.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6vh-fgj6-49m6

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.