tableausdk

GHSA-4gv9-mvv7-wpw5

Malicious code in tableausdk (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.2`

## Source: kam193 (2facdadd713d6c1751cf3c2ca1e5e76f1cb367c5d30c3f06fe73808c6a08fca3)
While described as telemetry, importing the package attempts to send out some basic info as well as quite sensitive environmental variables.


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


Campaign: 2025-06-stubsout


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.


 - exfiltration-env-variables

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/tableausdk/MAL-2025-191884.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/tableausdk
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/tableausdk/MAL-2025-191884.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4gv9-mvv7-wpw5

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.2

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