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Malware

lxsxwriter

GHSA-jf3q-p5rg-gfvj

Malicious code in lxsxwriter (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (9bfd057d6e1383a6121f836808f864be9f9e95f406ee9bc78f0be17e7bb35a43)
Attacker distributed 900+ malicious packages via PyPi, infecting local browsers with malicious extension to manipulate clipboard and replace crypto wallet addresses

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/lxsxwriter/MAL-2023-1893.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/lxsxwriter/MAL-2023-1893.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/17-malicious-python-packages-targeting-selenium-users-to-steal-crypto-8d24628ec656
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jf3q-p5rg-gfvj

Compromised versions (1)

  • > 0

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