mal-2022-7423
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2022-08-30 19:38
Modified
2022-08-30 19:38
Summary
Malicious code in free-net-vpn (PyPI)
Details

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Source: ghsa-malware (a7c578ebbd5b9dea94fedafe257ab0b885731b9f32789b9d9a2708193ef03995)

Security researchers at Check Point Research discovered a malicious package called free-net-vpn that targets environment variables. PyPI has since removed free-net-vpn.

CWE
  • CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cwes": [
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "free-net-vpn"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-jgw6-3fjm-w5f6"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "GHSA-jgw6-3fjm-w5f6",
        "import_time": "2023-07-30T21:58:15.479450573Z",
        "modified_time": "2022-08-30T19:38:09Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "a7c578ebbd5b9dea94fedafe257ab0b885731b9f32789b9d9a2708193ef03995",
        "source": "ghsa-malware"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (a7c578ebbd5b9dea94fedafe257ab0b885731b9f32789b9d9a2708193ef03995)\nSecurity researchers at Check Point Research discovered a malicious package called `free-net-vpn` that targets environment variables. PyPI has since removed `free-net-vpn`.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2022-7423",
  "modified": "2022-08-30T19:38:09Z",
  "published": "2022-08-30T19:38:08Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/free-net-vpn"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/cloudguard-spectral-detects-several-malicious-packages-on-pypi-the-official-software-repository-for-python-developers/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgw6-3fjm-w5f6"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Malicious code in free-net-vpn (PyPI)"
}


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