readmecolorama

GHSA-53gg-rpgw-wr43

Malicious code in readmecolorama (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (4f74e374afe61cdaa52e0c651ae413abc94b50cd15de263a9d247de21bfc6fa1)
Importing the module starts download and running a remote executable, identified as malware by AVs


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


Campaign: 2025-05-coloramashowtemp 


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/readmecolorama/MAL-2025-5126.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/readmecolorama
- https://checkmarx.com/zero-post/python-pypi-supply-chain-attack-colorama
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/readmecolorama/MAL-2025-5126.json
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-READMECOLORAMA-10305013
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53gg-rpgw-wr43

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.