# `exotel` project on PyPI compromised, malicious release made

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/exotel-project-on-pypi-compromised-malicious-release-made-0d0e2d95  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-08-30  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: info · Published 2024-08-30

`exotel` project on PyPI compromised, malicious release made

Technologies: [exotel (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/exotel). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Informational severity, published 30 August 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** exotel (PyPI). The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected?** Check whether you run exotel (PyPI). Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- exotel (PyPI)

## Related threats

- [PYSEC-2022-43134 - The exotel (aka exotel-py) package in PyPI as of 0.1.6 includes a code execution backdoor inserted by a third party.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-38792-exotel-py-includes-code-execution-backdoor-inserted-by-a-third)
- [PYSEC-2022-250 - The exotel project on PyPI was taken over via user account compromise via a phishing attack and a new…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/pysec-2022-250-the-exotel-project-on-pypi-was-taken-over-via-user-d51da9ce)