{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00008465","kind":"supply_chain_event","title":"Malicious code in fontus (PyPI)","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-g5mh-f2v3-6p25"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this malware advisory for fontus, fontus, fontus. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-3c2e180da14c4b85551a42af4d85da87"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-3c2e180da14c4b85551a42af4d85da87","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5mh-f2v3-6p25","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-g5mh-f2v3-6p25","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:56:27.401Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-3c2e180da14c4b85551a42af4d85da87"],"technology":"fontus","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: kam193 (2a8fcff0fd4d827c6f174318ee41ea82eb2667c6d65349a01ca2215aa2f4dd5e)\nThe package most likely performs fingerprinting by exfiltrating basic information and available fonts, with no other functionality.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-fontus\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.0.1"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-3c2e180da14c4b85551a42af4d85da87"],"technology":"fontus","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: kam193 (2a8fcff0fd4d827c6f174318ee41ea82eb2667c6d65349a01ca2215aa2f4dd5e)\nThe package most likely performs fingerprinting by exfiltrating basic information and available fonts, with no other functionality.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-fontus\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.0.2"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-3c2e180da14c4b85551a42af4d85da87"],"technology":"fontus","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"## Source: kam193 (2a8fcff0fd4d827c6f174318ee41ea82eb2667c6d65349a01ca2215aa2f4dd5e)\nThe package most likely performs fingerprinting by exfiltrating basic information and available fonts, with no other functionality.\n\n\n---\n\nCategory: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.\n\n\nCampaign: 2026-10-fontus\n\n\nReasons (based on the campaign):\n\n\n - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.\n\n---\n\nCredit: OpenSSF (source)","public_affected_ranges":["= 0.0.3"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-10-31T22:13:22.848Z","source_updated_at":"2026-10-29T15:32:32.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-10-25T12:30:30.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-10-31T21:56:27.401Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}