MAL-2023-8591

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    MAL-2023-8591

    Published: 13 May 2023Last Modified: 28 Jun 2024Aliases: 
    SNYK-PYTHON-PYWOOL-6069622

    Summary: Malicious code in pywool (PyPI)

    Details: Source: checkmarx (1ba602a97accda8e614fcf38d1af1cb7f1878bf2bd450b21f1be16a4c260123a) 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://github.com/DataDog/malicious-software-packages-dataset, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYWOOL-6069622, https://checkmarx.com/blog/attacker-hidden-in-plain-sight-for-nearly-six-months-targeting-python-developers/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pywool

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pywool

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.2
    1.0.0