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 (6a05611ec8862117c6403a4a06759ca56bf2922c2b142a4661b77fd214ef26be)
Package exploits dependency confusion. A beacon request is used to report usage back, but no additional information are exfiltrated.
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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: GENERIC-beacon-dependency-confusion
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- typosquatting
- dependency-confusion