PYSEC-2022-250 – exotel

Package

Manager: pip
Name: exotel
Vulnerable Version: =0.1.6 || >=0.1.6

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L

EPSS: N/A pctlN/A

Details

The exotel 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

Metadata

Created: 2022-08-26T17:55:00Z
Modified: 2022-08-26T17:55:00Z
Source: https://osv-vulnerabilities
CWE IDs: N/A
Alternative ID: N/A
Finding: F159
Auto approve: 1