bulktweetbyref

GHSA-55pr-6f9r-p8rh

Malicious code in bulktweetbyref (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (b6e44fa722cba73a0757878305b8641ff0539e6c32ffff20b9484ce39ce6a1aa)
Using the function simulates some behavior, but then download and runs an Infostealer


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


Campaign: 2025-06-bulktweetbyref


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware


 - infostealer

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/bulktweetbyref/MAL-2025-6470.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/bulktweetbyref
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/bulktweetbyref/MAL-2025-6470.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-55pr-6f9r-p8rh

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.