MAL-2024-11713 Malicious code in spiderxr-ai (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2024-11713 is a malicious package: spiderxr-ai (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-2024-11713/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-11713/index.md)
- Package
- spiderxr-ai
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2024-11713?
MAL-2024-11713 is a malicious package in spiderxr-ai, published on 2 Oct 2024.
Official description
Every time the user sends a message to the AI, the user IP, message as well as the response are exfiltrated to a hardcoded telegram channel. This behaviour is not mentioned in the package description. Instead, the description lures to offer advanced features.
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-09-spider-ai
Reasons (based on the campaign):
exfiltration-generic
A Telegram webhook is used to send collected data.
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
What should I do about MAL-2024-11713?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.