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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

cryptograohy

GHSA-w925-vw2w-r367

Malicious code in cryptograohy (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.5.6`

## Source: kam193 (67095679f8af3205e005b17a996da2ba17789715d7c66e4fcf31d8c387b85c00)
The pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It's attached to the __init__ of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user's home path.


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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: 2024-09-pyprettifier


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - typosquatting


 - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (69c9f05e42e277434eb37e4dddb268f3144eb27cb1de261c86cd396f7b1c9d14)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cryptograohy' @ 0.5.6 (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/cryptograohy/MAL-2024-11568.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/cryptograohy
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/cryptograohy/MAL-2024-11568.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w925-vw2w-r367

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 0.5.6

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