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 (52228ec641ddc958a8048619d93a51b762697ab133afc13ec13c01d24b120467)
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.