quicolor

GHSA-5299-62f6-9gr6

Malicious code in quicolor (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 9.7.3`

## Source: kam193 (4b11a81f135d7d2ac414b7144af73523d15db7b0ce1a2757ba6ba95f50bf0be8)
Importing the module starts a code that exfiltrates data from local Telegram application


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


Campaign: 2025-03-quicolor


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-generic

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/quicolor/MAL-2025-3462.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/quicolor
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/quicolor/MAL-2025-3462.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5299-62f6-9gr6

Compromised versions (1)

= 9.7.3

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