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 (3d0eec02526b659b5e856c211e05be1842dc283ed0b7d07dc90574ea5c7dc34a)
During the installation, the package iterates its files and attempts to import a hidden module - which is embedded as ZIP archive in the image file
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-12-handyfiles
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- obfuscation