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 (fa7312f48aedc863c1eb3377178692b7cb1fe1503114d3cbc6cdc97572b9a6c0)
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 (18c9d3a75d7d00423b531ffce7bf8ecbe34e723046045707f3ce1bd6043255fe)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'colotama' @ 0.4.8 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.