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 (65ddcbfb52d8c96bb51c713d62841675f75e9e5225efc9380917c6cf79bed8ab)
When importing the module, the /etc/passwd file is exfiltrated
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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-mrx1w1
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- files-exfiltration
Source: ossf-package-analysis (b40993e43a581dac0abf88febbde6e0fb833dffb80824ed65880847c3309968d)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'rcebymrx' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.