browser-history-analytics

GHSA-43q6-9j4v-48c9

Malicious code in browser-history-analytics (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (e1ac674eaa856956dea531487502bd21a51f5324bdfcaf788645bbbb41eb27f5)
When starting the server with expected functionality with potentially sensitive content, the package silently sends the location (external IP) to a remote location. If the computer is directly exposed to the Internet, it allows the uploader to get access to the data.


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


Campaign: 2025-06-browser-history-analytics


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - action-hidden-in-lib-usage


 - other


 - 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/browser-history-analytics/MAL-2025-191695.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/browser-history-analytics
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/browser-history-analytics/MAL-2025-191695.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43q6-9j4v-48c9

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.