strands-aidr

GHSA-5rm4-gf65-6756

Malicious code in strands-aidr (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 9999.0.0`

## Source: kam193 (5f7d32ed4f94170c5bd90f8123b2b328eb13b13fad22690cce67dde42281cb23)
Installing the package or importing the module exfiltrates basic information about the host, and the package has no other purpose.


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Category: PROBABLY_PENTEST - Packages looking like typical pentest packages, but also anything that looks like testing, exploring pre-prepared kits, research & co, with clearly low-harm possibilities.


Campaign: GENERIC-standard-pypi-install-pentest


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - The package contains code to exfiltrate basic data from the system, like IP or username. It has a limited risk.


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/ada64d06fbcd1654f043d7d4454bf5758e6c682e/osv/malicious/pypi/strands-aidr/MAL-2026-18657.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/strands-aidr
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/ada64d06fbcd1654f043d7d4454bf5758e6c682e/osv/malicious/pypi/strands-aidr/MAL-2026-18657.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5rm4-gf65-6756

Compromised versions (1)

= 9999.0.0

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