speed-testing-nt

GHSA-4wgv-mfgw-qr73

Malicious code in speed-testing-nt (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.2`

## Source: kam193 (dcfc1b92868e7f4eef0f4c0e901418a557089fe5269a1e4ef07725d397cddbb3)
The package, distinguished as a speed testing or typosquatted Telegram library, contains a Telegram bot to perform remote control of the computer


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


Campaign: 2025-10-speedd-testing-bot


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - rat


 - Downloads and executes a remote malicious script.


 - typosquatting

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/speed-testing-nt/MAL-2025-191874.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/speed-testing-nt
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/speed-testing-nt/MAL-2025-191874.json
- https://www.getsafety.com/blog-posts/telegrem-bot-malware
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4wgv-mfgw-qr73

Compromised versions (1)

= 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.