MAL-2022-7423

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    MAL-2022-7423

    Published: 30 Aug 2022Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023Aliases: 
    GHSA-jgw6-3fjm-w5f6

    Summary: Malicious code in free-net-vpn (PyPI)

    Details: Source: ghsa-malware (a7c578ebbd5b9dea94fedafe257ab0b885731b9f32789b9d9a2708193ef03995) Security researchers at Check Point Research discovered a malicious package called `free-net-vpn` that targets environment variables. PyPI has since removed `free-net-vpn`.

    References: https://pypi.org/project/free-net-vpn, https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/cloudguard-spectral-detects-several-malicious-packages-on-pypi-the-official-software-repository-for-python-developers/, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgw6-3fjm-w5f6

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: free-net-vpn

    Purl: pkg:pypi/free-net-vpn

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    MAL-2022-7423 | CVE-DB