MAL-2024-9409

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    MAL-2024-9409

    Published: 16 Oct 2024Last Modified: 12 Dec 2025

    Summary: Malicious code in j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef (PyPI)

    Details: Source: kam193 (d91b80430038c8f338d63c0fdb59ffe1bf16f35b1885fcf8c197b70078f980bb) According to the description, packages should demonstrate the dependency confusion attack. The realisation is, in fact, a spamming with packages having as the only purpose reporting basic data like hostname and current working directory. 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: 2024-10-lokopoil23 Reasons (based on the campaign): - dependency-confusion Source: ossf-package-analysis (8c86ce5153d87458c534613605bc7080b88c28ebf2ea30c12fe8c576f28624c3) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef' @ 0.0.1 (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/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef

    Purl: pkg:pypi/j5gnpfweguiwerbngpiutbgn0iutb0pfwbdfsfef

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.1
    MAL-2024-9409 | CVE-DB