GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-2r6g-7r83-jg72 `spam` project on PyPI compromised, malicious releases made

HIGH Published 2024-08-30 Modified 2024-08-30 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
spam
Severity
High
Reviewed
2024-08-30

Affected packages

• PyPI spam: 2.0.2 (no fix yet) • PyPI spam: 4.0.2 (no fix yet)

Description

The `spam` 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

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