spark-audit-notify

GHSA-2mrv-5qfj-cjcw

Malicious code in spark-audit-notify (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.30`

## Source: kam193 (1c527925d1e7cb4055b6c154326cd54a713ad543349c2b3b6f8ab8f0d75e8cbe)
During installation, host identification details (including AD domain) are exfiltrated through a series of functions obfuscating this behavior.


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Category: 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.


Campaign: 2026-02-spark-audit-notify


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.


 - obfuscation

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/spark-audit-notify/MAL-2026-1019.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/spark-audit-notify
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/spark-audit-notify/MAL-2026-1019.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mrv-5qfj-cjcw

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.30

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