fastertelethon

GHSA-26cp-wmcj-mfjf

Malicious code in fastertelethon (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.5`

## Source: kam193 (3ccfc281c2541df7e1354e6de8c64624fdc75dcc229d33962b171b0a95087edf)
Clone of Telethon package that exfiltrates credentials. See client/telegrambaseclient.py L608-626 (exfiltration function) and client/auth.py L163 (usage).


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2025-04-fastgram


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - clones-real-package


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - exfiltration-generic

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/fastertelethon/MAL-2025-191723.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/fastertelethon
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/fastertelethon/MAL-2025-191723.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-26cp-wmcj-mfjf

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.5

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.