innostage

GHSA-p45h-f6h4-5c9w

Malicious code in innostage (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 7.0.7`

The package contains code to download and execute a reverse shell script.## Source: kam193 (ec433c9a241ed7127dc5d6f55b002e94a2407ddd47000e50355f118536e9021e)
When imported, the package download and runs a remote stage - a reverse shell. To mask activity, the remote domain is made to mimic PyPI host: files[.]pythonhosted[.]ru


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


Campaign: 2024-10-innostage


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/innostage/MAL-2024-9266.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/innostage
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/innostage/MAL-2024-9266.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p45h-f6h4-5c9w

Compromised versions (1)

= 7.0.7

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