MALICIOUS (1) package from Python Package Index.

1. The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.

moonbit-locale-compat

Affected versions: (1) 0.2.1, 0.2.3, 0.2.4

1. Version numbers are usually added automatically. In most cases, the packages listed here were created only to distribute malicious code.

Campaign data

Campaign information may not always be 100% accurate for every related package.

Campaign description

Campaign includes a chain of dependencies that finally exfiltrate sensitive environment variables to a hardcoded GitHub repository as exfiltration target, and in specific environments also start a reverse shell. It appears to be targeting specifically one GitHub project, where the front-end package was included in a PR.

See more details on the campaign page.

exfiltration_env_variables

Campaign targets exfiltration_env_variables.

revshell

The package contains code to create a reverse shell, allowing an attacker to execute any commands on the victim's machine.

through_dependency

The malicious code is intentionally included in a dependency of the package

Look up in other services

• Check metadata in pypi-data project (1)
• Search for the package in deps.dev(2)
• Search for the package in socket.dev (3)
• Search for the package in secure.software (4)
• Search for the package in Snyk Advisor (5)

1. May not be available. See more in pypi-json-data repository.
2. Open Source Insights project, provided by Google.
3. Service from Socket.dev, a cybersecurity company.
4. Spectra Assure Community, a service from ReversingLabs, a cybersecurity company.
5. Service from Snyk, a cybersecurity company.