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pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

honestjson

MAL-2024-12288

Malicious code in honestjson (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (e5703b401839f166c2d73a6e56aa7e747cf19b4035bba3f4c5aee116a41a344f)
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.


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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: GENERIC-simple-tests


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

Compromised versions (1)

  • 0.1.3

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