sonic-platform-common

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 99.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (0b7ad70e46087b1ffe41c3d0670c24c58b38e72344c958458af49a25541778b4)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sonic-platform-common/MAL-2026-2181.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/sonic-platform-common
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/sonic-platform-common/MAL-2026-2181.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q8f9-cx9f-vrjw

Compromised versions (1)

• = 99.0.0

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