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Leaked GitHub Python Token

ID: 1a81306f-1baa-5595-b576-c2fb9d2f8b16

STIX ID: report--1a81306f-1baa-5595-b576-c2fb9d2f8b16

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2024-08-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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A publicly exposed GitHub Personal Access Token was discovered inside a Docker Hub container that would have granted administrator access to Python, the Python Package Index (PyPI), and Python Software Foundation repositories; researchers warned this could have enabled supply-chain attacks (for example, injecting malicious code into CPython) although there is no public evidence the token was abused.

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