MAL-2023-8589

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    MAL-2023-8589

    Published: 17 May 2023Last Modified: 28 Jun 2024Aliases: 
    SNYK-PYTHON-PYWHOOL-6069618

    Summary: Malicious code in pywhool (PyPI)

    Details: Source: checkmarx (54738d1aef580f087fec1311b411aa6ddd2d7affb4b44353dd7f3d6a569a0ed9) Malicious packages campaign targeting developers, payload is hidden using Steganography, exfiltrate host information

    References: https://medium.com/checkmarx-security/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers-3712f0f107e0, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYWHOOL-6069618, https://github.com/DataDog/malicious-software-packages-dataset, https://checkmarx.com/blog/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pywhool

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pywhool

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2023-8589 | CVE-DB