Malicious Package Affecting requesys package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Exploit Maturity
Mature

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-REQUESYS-2968128
  • published1 Jun 2022
  • disclosed31 May 2022
  • creditTal Folkman

Introduced: 31 May 2022

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the requesys package.

Overview

requesys is a malicious package. This package uses "typosquatting" to bait unaware users to install it. The package contains a malicious payload that is executed upon usage, which means it is required to import the malicious package and use it in order to invoke the malicious code. The malicious code downloads an open-source cryptominer software called “xmrig”. Once the software is downloaded and extracted, it is executed as a subprocess, provided with the attacker’s wallet address to collect the funds.

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