# MAL-2024-11539: Malicious code in botnetv2 (PyPI)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `botnetv2` (PyPI)
- **Published:** 24 Sep 2024

## What is MAL-2024-11539?

MAL-2024-11539 is a malicious package in botnetv2, published on 24 Sep 2024. 

### Official description

When running the module, basic information about the user and its location are collected and sent to the author. This is hidden from the user as the package prints a message suggesting it's outdated.

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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: 2024-09-botnetv2

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.

 - A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.

## What should I do about MAL-2024-11539?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2024-11539 is a malicious package: botnetv2 (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-11539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-11539/index.md)
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## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2024-11539

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-11539/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.