social-checker

GHSA-r9rr-x55p-h3cw

Malicious code in social-checker (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 7.2`

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/social-checker/MAL-2024-6020.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/DataDog/malicious-software-packages-dataset
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/social-checker/MAL-2024-6020.json
- https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/ml-engine-detects-pypi-packages-containing-whitesnake-malware-designed-to-steal-your-personal-7a275496f442
- https://research.jfrog.com/malicious-packages
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-SOCIALCHECKER-5508585
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9rr-x55p-h3cw

Compromised versions (1)

= 7.2

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