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Malware

pylint-beautifulsoup

GHSA-r8mj-mf3q-6jc4

Malicious code in pylint-beautifulsoup (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 3.12.3`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (c3646b7e949a863983491259c105cde8b1ff0229781276a5ea22360c75440c5e)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'pylint-beautifulsoup' @ 3.12.3 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pylint-beautifulsoup/MAL-2023-1393.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/pylint-beautifulsoup/MAL-2023-1393.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r8mj-mf3q-6jc4

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 3.12.3

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