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Malware

webquickauth

GHSA-xvj4-6c7r-m7mq

Malicious code in webquickauth (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 2.3.5`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (e838cec17c1006b567e2a70f9554fd2a040c9fb0cfdf8d753e81548c1ea02c49)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'webquickauth' @ 2.3.5 (pypi) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/webquickauth/MAL-2024-1651.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/webquickauth/MAL-2024-1651.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvj4-6c7r-m7mq

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 2.3.5

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