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 (0519099776ddb5cbd1778fa5f043a1cad34d94d5116ae895120aba38608e7eb0)
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 (4dbb3f4bab26a0095d969efb7bd23845a0ab5683269ccb37f98fcaf285d845d3)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'document-inference' @ 0.0.2 (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 →