MAL-2024-10241 Malicious code in youreallydontwantthispackage2131 (PyPI)
- Package
- youreallydontwantthispackage2131
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2024-10241?
MAL-2024-10241 is a malicious package in youreallydontwantthispackage2131, published on 22 Oct 2024.
Official description
Installing the package attempts to exfiltrate GCP tokens. As it uses a random names and/or targets specific accounts, it's most probably a (pen)test.
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: 2024-10-gal32fjdsbf89hnd-gcp-token
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- exfiltration-cloud-tokens
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'youreallydontwantthispackage2131' @ 1.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
What should I do about MAL-2024-10241?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.