{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including instaread.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2024-12292 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2024-12292 is a malicious package in instaread, published on 6 Oct 2024."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2024-12292 is a malicious package: instaread (PyPI). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-12292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-12292/index.md)","id":"MAL-2024-12292","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-12292/index.md","name":"MAL-2024-12292","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"The file bc2556d1c1ea2a2d00.js contains an AdWare LNKR, this file is included in read_article.html template and effectively used when the user requests to see the downloaded article in the webbrowser (function \"read\" from instaread.py). Note: the template may have been copied from the website, so 'maybe' including adware is unintentional.\n\n---\n\nCategory: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.\n\nCampaign: 2024-10-old-instaread\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - action-hidden-in-lib-usage\n\n - The package is used to advertise a service or product.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in instaread (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2024-12292","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2024"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"instaread","purl":"pkg:pypi/instaread","source":"MAL-2024-12292"}],"products":null,"published":"2024-10-06","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-12292/"}