pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty

GHSA-qmqm-3pjr-7px4

Malicious code in pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1`

## Source: kam193 (a6da12f1a169dc997d18e49311bb47be99e753dca10106e2bde591c0618268d1)
Installing the package attempts to exfiltrate GCP tokens. As it uses a random names and/or targets specific accounts, it's most probably a (pen)test.


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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: 2024-10-gal32fjdsbf89hnd-gcp-token


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-cloud-tokens

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty/MAL-2024-11661.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pplgdfhuighsdfyisfdty/MAL-2024-11661.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmqm-3pjr-7px4

Compromised versions (1)

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