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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

byted-rtc-robot-api-v2

GHSA-w8xm-83rj-c9f7

Malicious code in byted-rtc-robot-api-v2 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.43.15`

## Source: kam193 (69373c46b5c735a1890c7a3b601ef30c64493d656302703ceccd4d153e3dab11)
Collects basic information about the system, most probably a pentest or bug bounty.


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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: 2024-08-byted-22.ax


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.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/byted-rtc-robot-api-v2/MAL-2024-12222.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/byted-rtc-robot-api-v2
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/byted-rtc-robot-api-v2/MAL-2024-12222.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8xm-83rj-c9f7

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.0.43.15

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