{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including rcebymrx.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2024-8946 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-2024-8946 is a malicious package in rcebymrx, published on 23 Sep 2024."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2024-8946 is a malicious package: rcebymrx (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-2024-8946/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-8946/index.md)","id":"MAL-2024-8946","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2024-8946/index.md","name":"MAL-2024-8946","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"When importing the module, the /etc/passwd file is exfiltrated\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research \u0026 co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\nCampaign: 2024-09-mrx1w1\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n - files-exfiltration\n\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'rcebymrx' @ 0.0.1 (pypi) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.","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 rcebymrx (PyPI)","id":"MAL-2024-8946","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":"rcebymrx","purl":"pkg:pypi/rcebymrx","source":"MAL-2024-8946"}],"products":null,"published":"2024-09-23","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-2024-8946/"}