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 (e78be1bf65bda1455a5f08dafdf69aef528e4fb206333e1ecb6c6a97fe8adbc2)
Package is designed to start a bind shell during installation. However, it requires providing the port as an installation parameter, which suggests it's more research than direct malicious intentions.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: GENERIC-questionable-pentest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-env-variables
- exfiltration-generic
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
- typosquatting