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 (c25b081dd711bcb5076c5fbd0ea034850b8e428fed345d93e60036e0e91c9f66)
Installing the package starts a reverse shell. The remote server is, however, set as a local IP, so it's most probably testing
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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-marinff
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- obfuscation
- The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.