hyperreq

GHSA-wf53-q7m4-4r63

Malicious code in hyperreq (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1`

## Source: kam193 (a4662a05cce5bc61521e977b78c1abdb16ecaed027888309aa86ebf22166222b)
Importing the module starts an Infostealer


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2024-09-hyperreq


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - obfuscation


 - files-exfiltration

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hyperreq/MAL-2024-10035.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/hyperreq
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/hyperreq/MAL-2024-10035.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wf53-q7m4-4r63

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.