pyghoster

GHSA-pfwm-559v-qwm5

Malicious code in pyghoster (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.0`

## Source: checkmarx (5dff2bd9da92b93b22c32e611a7d510147596aa9a8e0f566cb9e5b25dc8a45d3)
Malicious packages campaign targeting developers, payload is hidden using Steganography, exfiltrate host information

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pyghoster/MAL-2023-8571.json))

**References:**
- https://checkmarx.com/blog/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pyghoster/MAL-2023-8571.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers-3712f0f107e0
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYGHOSTER-6069638
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pfwm-559v-qwm5

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.0

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