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 (53b486443b3f2ffe278aa364b7455c2a522fbf1a514d4c8f70474974bf2be009)
Packages that might be part of testing for pentesting / malicious activity / joy, with suspicious activity that does not present any real harm.
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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: GENERIC-simple-tests
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (334ea071d3d2127435d95bdf47129449b33f6c542fe9c91d19d4c5365f86d77f)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'ninjainjtest1337' @ 0.1.5 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.