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 (40700739340f4f0bb3e0439a94754cb868827b002cad84a1dfca90da1dfa032d)
On installation or importing, the package attempts to exfiltrate some basic information, e.g. /etc/passwd
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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: 2025-06-atlasctf
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-generic
- The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.