rasterkit-demo

GHSA-43f7-pvj3-8cxh

Malicious code in rasterkit-demo (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (29eb6057bbc11a0f0180a030db952f9ec8aa39ce8c4b0d437046b20301f5b21a)
During import, the code uses steganography to extract code from an image hidden in the dependency. The code then adds a new authorized SSH key and reports back the IP of the current environment.


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


Campaign: 2026-06-textwrap-toolkit-stager


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - backdoor


 - obfuscation


 - crypto-related


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - exfiltration-crypto

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/rasterkit-demo/MAL-2026-10975.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/rasterkit-demo
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/rasterkit-demo/MAL-2026-10975.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43f7-pvj3-8cxh

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1.0

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