MAL-2024-11560

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    MAL-2024-11560

    Published: 29 Sept 2024Last Modified: 31 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in colotama (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (fa7312f48aedc863c1eb3377178692b7cb1fe1503114d3cbc6cdc97572b9a6c0) The pyprettifier library has a feature to send out the user home path throuh the logger. It's attached to the __init__ of EmojiConverter class. Other related packages utilize a typosquatting to imitate real packages, and attempts to call the EmojiConverter from pyprettifier, triggering notifying the author about the user's home path. Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities. Campaign: 2024-09-pyprettifier Reasons (based on the campaign): - typosquatting - The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package - action-hidden-in-lib-usage - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk. Source: ossf-package-analysis (18c9d3a75d7d00423b531ffce7bf8ecbe34e723046045707f3ce1bd6043255fe) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'colotama' @ 0.4.8 (pypi) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

    References: https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/colotama

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: colotama

    Purl: pkg:pypi/colotama

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.4.4
    0.4.5
    0.4.7
    0.4.8
    0.4.9
    0.4.6
    MAL-2024-11560 | CVE-DB