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GCVE-110-OSM-2026-10100
GCVE-110-OSM-2026-10100
Advisory PublishedCVSS 9.6/10
This is a classic typosquatting dropper targeting Flask users. The setup.py encodes a base64 payload (_HOOK_B64) that, when decoded, fetches a binary from a GitHub release URL, sets it executable with chmod 0o755, and launches it as a detached background process via subprocess.Popen with stdout/stderr suppressed and start_new_session=True — a textbook dropper/implant execution pattern. The cmdclass override ensures this executes on every pip install. The package has no description, no repository, no author metadata, and the name 'flasq' is a Levenshtein-1 typosquat of 'flask'. The attacker model is supply-chain compromise via typosquatting targeting Linux developer machines.
ENTRY
setup.py (install-hook: install/develop/build override present)
- setup.py Code Execution in setup.py
OBFUSCATION
- Decoded Base64 Content in setup.py
- Base64 Encoded Payload in setup.py: "'aW1wb3J0IG9zLCBwbGF0Zm9ybSwgc3VicHJvY2VzcywgdGVtcGZpbGUsIHVybGxpYi5yZXF1ZXN0Cml..."
- recovered 1 urls from decoded/deobfuscated content
ADDITIONAL FINDINGS
- Setup.py Command Override in setup.py: "cmdclass={'install'"
- Potential Typosquatting
PAYLOAD FILES
setup.py
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-506Embedded Malicious Code
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.6/10
Critical · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | flasq | all (affected) | — |
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