If this package is installed
Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.
Details
Source: kam193 (0c5b7e592df550c15596a2c2f3b9d24c5ccacaec22351ccb8048a7aa16997590)
A campaign of probably pentest packages flooding PYPI. Installing the package or importing the module triggers reporting basic info like hostname, path and the username to the package author. There is no other purpose of the package.
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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: 2024-11-byted-dast
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.
- typosquatting
- dependency-confusion
Source: ossf-package-analysis (15a5fa48a919f6629ee7d7f5ba6ce4075221700b4ba28e3f24438868a20d53a3)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'macque' @ 99.7 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
Domains
- byted-dast[.]com other packages →