MAL-2024-12322 Malicious code in piepunk (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2024-12322 is a malicious package: piepunk (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-2024-12322/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-12322/index.md)
- Package
- piepunk
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2024-12322?
MAL-2024-12322 is a malicious package in piepunk, published on 19 Dec 2024.
Official description
This is a clone of "pymunk" package. In the space.py file there is a code that attempts to exfiltrate data from the Discord client during initialization. L101:129
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2024-12-piepunk
Reasons (based on the campaign):
exfiltration-generic
infostealer
clones-real-package
action-hidden-in-lib-usage
What should I do about MAL-2024-12322?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.