PYSEC-2022-252

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    PYSEC-2022-252

    Published: 26 Aug 2022Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025

    Summary:

    Details: The deep-translator project on PyPI was taken over via user account compromise via a phishing attack and a new malicious release made which contained code which some environment variables and downloaded and ran malware at install time

    References: https://twitter.com/pypi/status/1562544091719958528

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: deep-translator

    Purl: pkg:pypi/deep-translator

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.8.5
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2022-252 | CVE-DB