j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwef

GHSA-rgvr-5rj9-wjhx

Malicious code in j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwef (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.1`

## Source: kam193 (f32453dbd5b2857fbf4766d0c1573b109be79c0013d276ecdfce38105c4580f9)
According to the description, packages should demonstrate the dependency confusion attack. The realisation is, in fact, a spamming with packages having as the only purpose reporting basic data like hostname and current working directory.


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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-lokopoil23


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - dependency-confusion

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwef/MAL-2024-11617.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwef
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwef/MAL-2024-11617.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rgvr-5rj9-wjhx

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.1

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