web3imports

GHSA-5jxm-j488-gx66

Malicious code in web3imports (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.1.0`

## Source: kam193 (84bb9be7600c163a4a67214f02bb476ce8498551fb0195bbe56161287d86c8cf)
Importing the module starts (through __init__.py) the code that download, extracts and starts a remote executable. This has been identified by any.run as a AsyncRAT. The VirtusTotal detection rate was originally at the edge of false positive, but increased significantly during a few hours.


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


Campaign: 2025-01-asynchelpers


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - 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/web3imports/MAL-2025-2012.json))

**References:**
- https://app.any.run/tasks/f4f95dff-ac96-47f1-bc14-76e2745ecb3d
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/web3imports
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/web3imports/MAL-2025-2012.json
- https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/265ef544887043fb158f2049a4e77ccf6119e28e3aebcde66b28db70795b5ee6
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5jxm-j488-gx66

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.1.0

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