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 (a346a7f634bedd557ab051ccf33b892a2b6420a97c426a877476b7a66b1acf55)
On importing the module, package exfiltrates basic data like username. It's obfuscated with a lot of meaningless text and has no other purpose
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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: 2025-03-pyrovider
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.