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 (129b71dc44955e560cd56ff53e0be19aced751699016fa96cb04ee75d2e76e3b)
Packages that seem to be created by a legit bug bounty hunter. Designed to look like created by different organisations, they contain a couple of data exfiltration (including all env variables) and potential remote code execution (though the URL seems not to serve any code).
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2025-05-sl4x01
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.
- exfiltration-env-variables
- impersonation
Source: ossf-package-analysis (0febe63d78b1149e91af60c89ae73e492d43cb35f04dc6aaee2c4048987081a9)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'dial-xl' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Indicators of compromise
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Domains
- sl4x0[.]xyz other packages →