The PyPI repository has removed a Python package called 'mitmproxy2' that was an identical copy of the official "mitmproxy" library, but with an "artificially introduced" code execution vulnerability.

Python code shown in the first example above. Python source code (.py file) is compiled into bytecode (.pyc file). The Python interpreter or virtual machine processes this bytecode for execution.

Trellix is working to push code via GitHub pull request to protect open-source projects from the vulnerability. Trellix currently has patches available for 11,005 repositories ready for pull requests.

According to ReversingLabs reverse engineer Karlo Zanki, this could be the first instance of a supply chain attack capitalizing on the direct execution capability of Python byte code (PYC) files. The ...

TensorFlow, a popular Python-based machine learning and artificial intelligence project developed by Google has dropped support for YAML, to patch a critical code execution vulnerability. YAML is ...

Even so, the Experimental - Python for the Web (Preview) extension in the VS Code Marketplace has been installed 283 times as of this writing (see screenshot above). The item description lists the ...

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Microsoft officially pounded the last nail into the open source Microsoft Python Language Server coffin, replacing it with the company's proprietary Pylance extension for coding with Python in Visual ...

In a move that's designed to support the growth and evolution of open-source software application development, Nokia has announced the release of the source code for its Python for S60 software ...