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Malware

esqkillramgui

GHSA-p4xr-gxvg-h4hj

Malicious code in esqkillramgui (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `> 0`

## Source: checkmarx (ebded7029b18f4d06c0056d98ff92bf166d4a4445cfd93c9f98f58ee79e10e55)
EsqueleSquad group published nearly 6000 malicious PyPi and NPM packages, executing spyware and information-stealing malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/esqkillramgui/MAL-2023-3034.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/esqkillramgui/MAL-2023-3034.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/the-skeleton-squad-tracing-the-origins-and-scope-of-5000-malicious-packages-on-pypi-7516c16e4da9
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p4xr-gxvg-h4hj

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.