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free-net-vpn2 malicious PyPI package

Malware Published Aug 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 30, 2022

Package

pip free-net-vpn2 (pip)

Affected versions

>= 0

Patched versions

None

Description

Security researchers at Check Point Research discovered a malicious package called free-net-vpn2 that targets environment variables. PyPI has since removed free-net-vpn2.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 30, 2022
Last updated Aug 30, 2022

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Embedded Malicious Code

The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature. Learn more on MITRE.

GHSA ID

GHSA-rqcv-3wp9-w2r3

Source code

No known source code
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