Interesting detail, the mentioned package https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-nation/1.0.1 was created and uploaded by Jacob Kaplan Moss, so I guess this is intended to be a POC, to show PyPI vulnerabilities or some Infosec experiment.
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I just read this on reddit[0], a thread asking if PyPI packages are > audited and somebody pointed the `python-nation`[1] which is a harmful and > useless module, installing itself and sending the `/etc/passwd` content to > external endpoint. > > The app receiving the data is hosted at http://python-nation.herokuapp.com > > and as the PSF mission [2] says > > The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and > advance the Python programming language > > I wonder if there are some workgroup at PSF to handle this? and not only > the specific case of `python-nation` which should be deleted and the user > banned maybe, But also to handle the audit of other packages? > > > [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/697da2/does_pyp > i_review_code_thats_uploaded/ > [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/697da2/does_pyp > i_review_code_thats_uploaded/dh4uyf8/ > [2] https://www.python.org/psf/mission/ > > > Cheers, > > -- > > *Bruno Rocha - @rochacbruno <http://twitter.com/rochacbruno>* > http://brunorocha.org > > -- *Bruno Rocha - @rochacbruno <http://twitter.com/rochacbruno>* http://brunorocha.org
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