MAL-2023-8370

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    MAL-2023-8370

    Published: 13 Oct 2023Last Modified: 13 Oct 2023

    Summary: Malicious code in tencent-cloud-python-sdk (PyPI)

    Details: Source: google-open-source-security (bf236cca18e4d157a57cd3de7abed8ad967103c42b9ae53f5026174af46b64a4) Attack targeted at users of Alibaba, AWS and Telegram via malicious packages published to PyPI. The malicious code was hidden in strategicly chosen functions and would only trigger when these functions were called. The malicious code does not automatically run on install or import, helping the packages evade detection.

    References: https://blog.phylum.io/cloud-provider-credentials-targeted-in-new-pypi-malware-campaign/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tencent-cloud-python-sdk

    Purl: pkg:pypi/tencent-cloud-python-sdk

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    MAL-2023-8370 | CVE-DB