MAL-2024-11620 Malicious code in kekiktaban (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2024-11620 is a malicious package: kekiktaban (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-2024-11620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-11620/index.md)
- Package
- kekiktaban
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2024-11620?
MAL-2024-11620 is a malicious package in kekiktaban, published on 27 Oct 2024.
Official description
Obfuscated package containing multiple techniques detecting sandboxing and exfiltrating basic data to a telegram webhook, with a little other functionality
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-10-kekiktaban
Reasons (based on the campaign):
obfuscation
A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.
The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.
What should I do about MAL-2024-11620?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.