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 (b6db8994d6a78a5d0d95df2d0add2257ee6188f8c5419cbd7e2813426739d15d)
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: baidu-readver
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.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (540e9c9d054904f5342d684bd5cabf212fdbe7e4d20bac7407c937a6b8264cab)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'importlib-metadate' @ 99.99 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.