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 (988f86dc0694b7d27a640809cef5d04ed431a36bb02bb02e69e20724a20db2b9)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.
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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-standard-pypi-install-pentest
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.
- The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (4563e8e641a6f28c65cfedaf9af2b00744113c440f071f5f22ea78f0484bf763)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'instal' @ 1.3.5 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.