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 (601385385b682f6bdaa31c763e64c5fafb16f22df60acd266c9c7f23f73208ee)
The package contains highly obfuscated content, that install another, downloaded from a remote location obfuscated script in the installation path of the 'requests' package, and marks it as a hidden system file. In addition, another file contains a code that imitates doing some meaningful activity.
Later attempts hide the malicious code in a separated package, downloaded from Test PyPI.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-12-httpfluent
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- obfuscation
- modify-system-without-consent
- Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
Indicators of compromise
Shown defanged and not clickable. Search any indicator to find other packages using it.
URLs
- hxxps://raw[.]githubusercontent[.]com/Red-haired-shanks-1337/repuests/refs/heads/main/puts[.]py other packages →
- hxxps://test[.]pypi[.]org/simple/httpfluent/ other packages →
- hxxps://github[.]com/Red-haired-shanks-1337/Rwoka/raw/main/v0[.]1[.]0/httpfluent-0[.]1[.]tar[.]gz other packages →