terminalcolornew

GHSA-32jp-8m63-37qj

Malicious code in terminalcolornew (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.3`

## Source: kam193 (5a555882888b9895fbe7575cc6121cad44600e17fb64d7551cacc33b29f2ae9f)
If used, the code attempts to take a photo using the computer's camera and exfiltrates it


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


Campaign: 2025-09-consolecolornew


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - other

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/terminalcolornew/MAL-2025-191892.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/terminalcolornew
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/terminalcolornew/MAL-2025-191892.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-32jp-8m63-37qj

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.3

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