unclesky5910

GHSA-4r33-gwj6-r428

Malicious code in unclesky5910 (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1`

## Source: kam193 (8a6db403a22b058f1960f850fb70b353baeee04b4fc240846549f33ef355ef31)
Package imitates Roblox API wrapper, but the only action is getting the public IP, suggesting it's a security research or malicious attempt


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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: 2025-10-wangzhou183


Reasons (based on the campaign):


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

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/unclesky5910/MAL-2025-191664.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/unclesky5910
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/unclesky5910/MAL-2025-191664.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4r33-gwj6-r428

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.1

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