MAL-2024-5101 Malicious code in easyhttprequest (PyPI)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2024-5101 is a malicious package: easyhttprequest (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-2024-5101/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-5101/index.md)
- Package
- easyhttprequest
- Registry
- PyPI
What is MAL-2024-5101?
MAL-2024-5101 is a malicious package in easyhttprequest, published on 25 Jun 2024.
Official description
Clone of the requests package. During installation, it downloads a git repository and attempts to execute a script from its commit message
Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2023-12-09-easyhttprequest
Reasons (based on the campaign):
The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.
Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.
clones-real-package
What should I do about MAL-2024-5101?
Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.
Sources
Also known as SNYK-PYTHON-EASYHTTPREQUEST-6139264.