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Problem
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. One or more embedded URLs were discovered to link to raw files hosted on GitHub. Attackers often abuse popular web services to host malicious payloads. Since code-sharing service URLs are typically allowed by security solutions, using them for payload delivery increases the odds that the malicious code will reach the user. While the presence of code-sharing service locations does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. An increasing number of software supply chain attacks in the open source space leverage the GitHub service to deliver malicious payloads.
Prevalence in PyPI community
37 packages
found in
Top 100
233 packages
found in
Top 1k
1795 packages
found in
Top 10k
92.7k packages
in community
Next steps
Investigate reported detections.
If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.
Consider an alternative delivery mechanism for software packages.
Problem
False positive detections may cause users to hesitate from deploying a software package. One or more third-party software security solutions have flagged parts of the package as malicious. While these are individual malicious code detection reports, there is no industry-wide consensus that confirms these suspicions. This may happen when a third-party scanner is running the advanced detection heuristics with a higher false positive rate. However, there is a small chance this detection is true positive, and an early indication of a software supply chain attack.
Prevalence in PyPI community
8 packages
found in
Top 100
25 packages
found in
Top 1k
85 packages
found in
Top 10k
851 packages
in community
Next steps
Investigate reported detections.
If the software intent does not relate to malicious behavior, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed.
Report confirmed false positive detections to security solution providers.